Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Health Olivier Véran, February 3, 2021 in Paris.

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  • A video widely relayed on Facebook evokes the probable announcement of a curfew advanced to 4 p.m. by the government.

  • But the video is based on a possibility mentioned on February 12 by the president of the Moselle department, particularly affected by the South African and Brazilian variants.

  • The entourage of Jean Castex tells

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    that there are no "additional braking measures" of the epidemic planned "for the moment".

“The government may well bring the curfew forward to 4 pm during the holidays.

“On Facebook, a video with a particularly alarmist title is shared virally.

Under the latter, the comments express the fed up: “Tired of this curfew.

After work you have to hurry back home, not even time to breathe a little "," Better and better or otherwise we go out for more of the day "," Why not a curfew from 6 am to 12 pm ….

For the fat-mat !!!!

But where are we going !!!! ”.

In addition to this video, a dozen Facebook pages also relay articles evoking "rumors" of "curfew shifted to 4 pm".

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When reading the video, which is not sourced, the threat of an advanced two-hour curfew seems less acute.

Indeed, the video does not refer to government announcements, but refers to comments by Patrick Weiten, president of the Moselle department.

Asked about France Info in the morning of a visit by Olivier Véran to the department, Friday, February 12, the elected UDI had mentioned, among the possible avenues to slow the spread of variants in Moselle, a "curfew on weekends. end [...] at 2 or 4 p.m. ”.

During his visit to Metz later in the day, the Minister of Health had ruled out the introduction of additional restrictions in the department. 

Patrick Weiten had also reconsidered his comments the next day, February 13, following the visit of Olivier Véran and the announcement of the strengthening of the testing and vaccination policy.

“We are in a situation that is still under control.

[…] I thought the schools would close, he said on BFMTV.

I thought there was going to be a curfew on Saturday and Sunday starting at 4 p.m.

None of this was announced today.

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Contacted by

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about a possible advancement of the curfew at 4 p.m., Matignon indicates: “This is not a studied track.

For the moment, there are no announcements of additional measures to slow down ”the epidemic, either in France or for the Moselle department, particularly affected by the variants.

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