The Minister of Health Olivier Véran spoke on Tuesday evening following the Defense Council organized in the morning around Emmanuel Macron.
He announced that he was considering the establishment of a curfew at 6 p.m. in certain departments and municipalities where the incidence rate is high, from January 2.
The Minister of Health Olivier Véran spoke this Tuesday evening on France 2. He announced the measures decided around the Defense Council organized in the morning around Emmanuel Macron.
Thus, in the Grand-Est, Burgundy, the Auvergne Rhône Alpes and PACA regions could see some of their departments "where the incidence rate is greater than the alert rate" subject to a curfew at 6 p.m. from January 2.
"The epidemic remains at a very high level", explains Olivier Véran.
"The pressure on the Grand-Est is important; there is a significant regional disparity. But France has a lower incidence rate than all of its neighbors."
In an opinion published a few minutes before the Minister's interview, the Scientific Council estimates that "after a period of decline in the epidemic, the end of the year comes in a context of high epidemiological uncertainty and a possibility of an uncontrolled resumption of the epidemic in January 2021. "
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