"There have been 19,300 checks" of citizens but also of establishments since the entry into force of the curfew which prohibits all travel in Paris and in eight metropolises from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., announced Monday the Minister of Interior Gérald Darmanin.
The curfew entered into force on Saturday in order to fight against the Covid, and which prohibits all travel in Paris and in eight metropolises from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., gave rise to "3,019 verbalizations", announced Monday Gérald Darmanin.
"There were 19,300 checks," said the Minister of the Interior on TF1, of "citizens but also establishment checks, and there were 3,019 verbalizations".
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Since midnight Saturday, it is forbidden to travel between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. in Île-de-France and in the metropolitan areas of Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Montpellier, Saint-Etienne, Aix-Marseille, Rouen and Grenoble, to limit the spread of Coronavirus.
As during the spring confinement weeks, people leaving during curfew must bring travel certificates with them, and only if they have valid reasons for traveling - work, near the hospital, etc.
"The police and the gendarmerie are there"
Any offender is liable to a fine of 135 euros then, in the event of a double recidivism (three frauds in total), six months in prison and a fine of 3,750 euros.
The number of checks and that of verbalizations prove "that the police and the gendarmerie are there, and that the French are attentive to the sanitary conditions that the President of the Republic wished", added Gerald Darmanin.
"Almost all of this curfew is respected," he said.
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The health situation is particularly tense in Île-de-France, where 605 patients were hospitalized in intensive care on Monday, a marked increase compared to Friday (528).
The occupancy rate of intensive care beds by Covid patients has exceeded 50% in the region (54%), said the Regional Health Agency.