Jean Castex asks the prefects to increase the controls of anti-Covid measures a little more.
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Jean Castex asked on Saturday the prefects of the 20 departments where the Covid-19 epidemic threatens to flare up to strengthen the controls of the measures in force including curfews, recalling that the objective is to "do everything to avoid national containment », Announced Matignon.
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The head of government "called on the prefects to conduct in-depth consultations and take immediate measures: strengthening of controls on the measures implemented, optimization of the vaccination campaign, deployment of saliva tests in educational establishments and compliance directives relating to teleworking ”, specified his services, after a videoconference by Jean Castex with the prefects of the 20 departments and the directors general of the regional health agencies concerned.
As he had tweeted before, the Prime Minister, with the Ministers of the Interior Gerald Darmanin and of Health Olivier Véran, recalled the objectives of the government to "do everything to avoid a national confinement and adopt territorialized measures".
The discussions focused on "local epidemiological situations, the organization of consultations with local elected officials and the first trends that emerge," added Matignon, without specifying who from the government or the prefects would communicate on any news. restrictive measures.
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