The French government has announced that it will gradually relax the restrictions, such as reopening schools and lifting restrictions on movement from next week, saying that the infection situation of the new coronavirus is improving.
In France, following the spread of the mutated coronavirus, measures such as restricting outings and retail stores nationwide and closing schools have been taken since the beginning of this month.
Castex said at a press conference on the 22nd that the number of newly infected people, which had averaged nearly 40,000 in the beginning of this month, has decreased to about 30,000. The peak seems to have passed. The pressure to infect is diminishing. "
On top of that, face-to-face classes at school will be gradually resumed from the 26th of the week, and from the 3rd of next month, the restrictions on movement within 10 kilometers from home will be lifted.
If the infection situation improves further, it will allow retail stores and restaurants to operate outdoors from the middle of next month.
However, measures to restrict going out after 7:00 pm will be maintained for the time being, and people arriving from Brazil or India, where the infection situation is serious, will be quarantined for 10 days.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Belan has announced that he will start vaccination of the American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the 24th.
Rare thrombosis has been reported after vaccination with this vaccine, but European drug regulators have announced that "the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risk of side effects."