Coronavirus: what changes the passage to maximum alert in Paris and in the inner suburbs

The ax has fallen.

Paris and the three departments of the inner suburbs will be placed in the maximum alert zone due to the increased circulation of the coronavirus epidemic, and new restrictions will be announced on Monday, Matignon said on Sunday.

These "binding measures", which will last 15 days, will be detailed at a press conference at 11:30 am by the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and will come into force on Tuesday, Matignon said.

In particular, they could lead to the closure of cafes.

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Numbers above the thresholds

According to the latest figures available, the incidence rate still exceeded the 250 per 100,000 inhabitants mark in Paris on Friday - one of the three criteria for switching to the maximum alert zone - standing at 264. The incidence rate occupancy of intensive care beds for patients with Covid-19 amounted to 34.8% in Ile-de-France, above the maximum alert threshold of 30%.

As for the third criterion, the incidence rate among people over 65, it also exceeded the critical threshold.

Restaurants will be able to remain open with a reinforced health protocol

Restaurants will be able to remain open in the maximum alert zone with a reinforced health protocol to fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, Matignon said Sunday evening, meaning that establishments in Marseille will be able to reopen from Monday.

"The government received this Sunday evening the opinion of the High Council of Public Health concerning the opening of restaurants. A reinforced sanitary protocol applicable in the zones of heightened alert as well as in the zones of maximum alert will be put in place and will keep the restaurants open, "said Matignon, specifying that the terms of this protocol would be detailed Monday by the competent ministers.

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Half-empty universities in enhanced and maximum alert zones

Classrooms or lecture theaters in universities can only be filled to 50% of their maximum capacity in enhanced and maximum alert zones, Matignon announced on Sunday, specifying that this measure applied from Tuesday.

In addition, and always to cope with an increase in the circulation of Covid-19, teleworking is "more than ever" privileged in these same areas, the government recalled.