If no clear announcement was made on Wednesday after the Defense Council, hypotheses seem to lead straight to a new containment to stop the contamination with Covid-19.
Emmanuel Macron, who has received worrying health data, should decide on Saturday how the weeks to come.
After Wednesday's Defense Council, no new health measures against Covid-19 have been clearly formulated.
However, government spokesman Gabriel Attal spoke of "different scenarios" under consideration, including "very tight confinement".
And for good reason, Emmanuel Macron, who has learned of new health data, should decide on Saturday, and it is not really good news that the government is preparing to announce.
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"A tsunami coming"
"It's a tsunami coming," even confides someone close to the executive.
Several Inserm studies, rightly presented to Emmanuel Macron during the Health Defense Council, were considered catastrophic.
And one sign does not deceive the seriousness of the situation and the restrictions to come: Prime Minister Jean Castex will receive from this Thursday afternoon and until Friday all the representatives of the political parties and the unions.
That is exactly what had happened before the two previous confinements.
For now, Emmanuel Macron has not yet decided.
The Head of State is awaiting new scientific studies, before making his decision.
In the meantime, several possibilities are being studied, ranging from tailor-made confinement to "very tight confinement".
And in this case, it would be total.
Like the one we experienced last March-April, with the closure of non-essential shops, nurseries, schools, colleges and high schools and an inability to leave home, except to go shopping or to take a walk. dog.
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