The health situation in Ile-de-France is very worrying. More than 1,100 patients with Covid-19 are in intensive care. In addition, the incidence rate is above 400 per 100,000 inhabitants, a threshold set by Prime Minister Jean Castex to consider local re-containment.
Avoid re-containment
All indicators are red in the region. However, Ile-de-France is not in partial confinement on weekends, as is the case for the agglomeration of Dunkirk, Nice or the department of Pas-de-Calais. The government would like to avoid putting the region under cover, in particular because of the possible economic fallout. However, patients are being transferred to hospitals in other regions and for surgeries ” non-urgent Are postponed, to free up resuscitation beds and nursing staff. It seems that the executive is basing its hopes of curbing the spread of the virus on these two actions. In addition, the temporary suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in France, announced on March 15 by Emmanuel Macron, will probably delay vaccination, one of the best preventive means to protect against Covid-19. On the other hand, the appearance of new variants, and quite recently the one discovered in Brittany, further disturb the epidemic situation.
New decisions soon?
Tonight, Jean Castex will be the guest of BFM TV, which will question him about the health crisis. Various subjects related to Covid-19 will be discussed, such as variants, ” health pass », Vaccination or even confinement. He will be asked questions about the future, namely any restrictive measures that could be taken in the coming weeks. In fact, more than 90,000 people have died of Covid-19 in France and the bar of 4,000 patients admitted to intensive care has been crossed. Something to worry the French more, in addition to the feared side effects following vaccination, in particular with the Swedish-British vaccine AstraZeneca. In addition, a Defense Council will take place on Wednesday March 17. New restrictions could be announced the next day, for the Ile-de-France region, or even nationwide. Monday March 15, the Head of State announced that ” We will have to take in the days to come, no doubt, new decisions », During a press conference in Montauban. According to him, the government would also work to give ” visibility to citizens For the near future.