Prime Minister Jean Castex.
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A Defense Council took place this Friday evening at the Elysee Palace.
After two days of consultation with political parties, associations of elected officials and unions, as well as laboratories or psychiatrists, the executive could announce new measures, which will then be the subject of a debate and a vote. symbolic in Parliament.
Variants are gaining ground in France: one in ten cases of Covid-19 currently detected could be due to the English variant, or three times more than during the first week of January, according to estimates given on Wednesday by the government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal.
Another subject of friction in France, the vaccination campaign, which is experiencing a marked slowdown due to delays in delivery from laboratories.
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8:14 p.m.: New measures announced during an imminent speech
Prime Minister Jean Castex is to announce new measures this Friday evening to counter the Covid-19 epidemic at the end of a health defense council at the Elysee Palace, Matignon told AFP.
This speech from the Elysee Palace comes as the executive is studying new restrictions against the epidemic, with a possible reconfinement to the key.
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