Government spokesman Gabriel Attal spoke after the Defense Council held on March 17. Last year, on the same date, the President of the Republic announced for the first time the strict confinement of the French population. A year later, what could the new restrictions be?
A “worrying level of saturation”
According to Gabriel Attal, “ the epidemic situation is deteriorating “, With an incidence rate which has” increased by 20% in recent days “. According to him, the new strains alone form a ” variant epidemic », Which particularly affects the youngest. The territories of France are not uniformly affected by the Sars-Cov-2 virus. This is why measures at the local level will be taken, depending on the circulation of the coronavirus, but also on the level of saturation ” worrying »In hospital intensive care units, particularly in the Ile-de-France region and in Hauts-de-France.
A possible confinement in Ile-de-France and in Hauts-de-France?
Indeed, Gabriel Attal indicates ” additional measures will be taken “, In particular in” the most affected territories “, Which can go” until confinement “. In the Ile-de-France region, all health indicators are red. The incidence rate is 418 (new cases of Covid-19) per 100,000 inhabitants, over the last week. As a reminder, the alert threshold is 250/100 000. Surgical operations are postponed and patients are transferred to other hospitals, because the number of intensive care admissions is increasing. According to the Ministry of Health, eleven patients have entered this service in the past 24 hours, for a total of 1,177 currently admitted. The application of the new measures will take effect ” from this weekend “. For the time being, “ school closures are not being considered “. In the PACA region, ” there will be no additional measures “. The State and local elected officials from the Ile-de-France and Hauts-de-France regions will consult in the coming hours and the measures taken will be announced on March 18 by Jean Castex and Olivier Véran.
