"The State is present alongside the West Indians to deal with the strong resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic in Guadeloupe and Martinique", announced the Minister of Overseas Territories on Twitter.
To show his support, Sébastien Lecornu will travel from Tuesday to Guadeloupe and Martinique where the government has established a partial containment to cope with "the strong resumption of the epidemic" of Covid-19.
"I will be going there on Tuesday to take stock of the braking measures put in place and support the reinforcements from France," he added.
He will arrive Tuesday evening in Guadeloupe and will travel to Martinique on Thursday, said his entourage.
Saturated hospitals and confinements
Faced with the fourth wave that hits the West Indies, where hospitals are saturated, the authorities imposed a curfew on July 30 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. in Martinique, where clashes occurred between demonstrators and the police. in Fort-de-France.
In order to increase the reception capacity in intensive care at the CHU of Fort-de-France, 50 soldiers from the army health service and the army medical regiment arrived in Martinique during the week.
The curfew has also been in effect since Wednesday in Guadeloupe.
Faced with the outbreak of the epidemic, the regional prefect has taken new measures: the restaurants, which remained open at noon, will be closed from Monday 8 p.m.
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