Covid-19 in France: the government is considering the hypothesis of a third confinement
Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Health Olivier Véran on November 4, 2020. AP - Michel Euler
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The vaccination campaign began this Sunday in France.
During this time, the Covid-19 epidemic is not weakening, on the contrary.
15,000 new contaminations are reported every day.
A figure on the increase while the French are on vacation at the end of the year.
So much so that the hypothesis of a third confinement is clearly envisaged by the government,
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The Minister of Health is not ruling it out.
Nothing is excluded if the situation worsens, said Olivier Véran in
Le Journal du Dimanche
.
The government is following the development of the epidemic like milk on fire.
Three areas are particularly monitored: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, the Alpes-Maritimes department and the Grand Est.
It is in this latter region that the mayors of Reims and Nancy are calling for confinement without further delay.
Emmanuel Macron now has two options in front of him.
If the numbers are bad,
the reopening of cinemas, museums and theaters, planned for January 7, would indeed be postponed.
Matignon procrastinates
The other scenario, the darker one, if the numbers are really bad, the government could tighten the screws with the possibility of imposing outright re-containment.
For now, the Prime Minister's entourage is procrastinating, it is still too early.
The government should take stock of its strategy in the middle of the week.
"
We knew that the arrival of vaccines was not going to change everything in a few weeks,
" recalls, lucidly, an adviser to Jean Castex.
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France
Coronavirus
Health and medicine
Jean Castex
Emmanuel Macron