France, from 9 June green light to vaccinated Europeans
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June 17, 2021 France loosens health restrictions against Covid-19 in advance of the government's plan: no more outdoor mask and curfew lifted from Sunday. This was announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex, stressing that the two central measures in the fight against the virus can be removed "without waiting for the date of 1 July", as previously established by the progressive deconfinement calendar.
Among the "exceptions" of the 'free all', the French premier explained, there will be rallies, crowded places, waiting lines, the stadium and other similar places, and the obligation to wear a mask in closed places will also remain.
"This measure responds to a real need, but now the excellent results recorded no longer justify it" underlined Castex, who came out of isolation after his wife's positivity. The epidemiological trend data show an improvement "faster than hoped": France is now "below 5,000 cases per day, on a national scale, and at the moment no region has worrying numbers".
At the end of the Health Defense Council and the Council of Ministers, Castex welcomed "the important moment, a happy moment with a form of return to normal life". The premier took the opportunity to invite the French to be vaccinated, setting the goal of 35 million vaccinated with two doses at the end of August.
The threat of the variants of Sars-Cov-2 remains, in particular that of the Delta: the variant initially ascertained in India continues to proliferate in the United Kingdom, which has announced a strengthening of border controls.
Every week France spends between 100 and 120 million euros on antigenic and molecular tests - an average of 2 million are performed - and the French "are now used to testing themselves" Thomas Fatome, director general of the National Insurance Fund, told Radio Classique. disease (Cnam). For the head of the public health care system, these major expenses should be seen as "an investment" to avoid a resumption of the pandemic. Also today, the government has launched the 'forfeit psy' program, or the reimbursement of ten sessions by a psychologist for those children and young people between 3 and 17 years old suffering from mental disorders as a consequence of the health crisis.