To curb the Covid-19 epidemic, the government could take new measures in the coming days.
New confinement, extension of the curfew to the entire territory, "more restrictive" measures are on the table.
New decisions could be made in the middle of next week.
With 20,000 new cases of Covid-19 identified on Saturday by the health authorities, the coronavirus epidemic is not weakening in France.
In an attempt to curb contaminations, the curfew is extended to eight departments, in the east and south-east of France.
But the government could also take new measures in the coming days.
Indeed, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, who will be the guest of the
Grand Rendez-Vous
on Europe 1 on Sunday at 10 am, and the government are doing nothing.
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If the epidemic situation worsens, the government will not hesitate to take "more restrictive" measures.
This could take the form of a nationwide widening of the 6 p.m. curfew.
According to information from Europe 1, the scientific council must submit a note at the beginning of the week to assess the effectiveness of the curfew already in place.
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The ultimate solution, national containment, remains on the table without having already been scheduled.
The evolution of the number of cases of Covid, of approximately 17,000 on average each day lately, the risk of a "New Year effect" and the threat of the British variant are growing concerns.
The government will scrutinize all this data before making the necessary decisions in the middle of the week.