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Emmanuel Macron’s speech: towards a “slight relaxation”
The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, indicated that the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron could announce a ” slight relaxation in confinement »This Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. ” We are not in deconfinement, we are in an additional arrangement of confinement Insisted Jean Castex.
A defense council took place this morning
President Emmanuel Macron convened a new Defense Council this morning. The government is discussing the final details ahead of the president’s address this Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. Among the topics discussed, there is the reopening of places of worship as well as a new health protocol.
Decline of the epidemic
As of Monday, 4,452 new cases were detected in 24 hours. This is a first since France is back under the bar of 5,000 daily contaminations, which had not been crossed since September 28. As a reminder, the head of state’s goal in mid-October was to arrive between 3,000 and 5,000 daily contaminations.
A possible 3rd wave if the deconfinement is “brutal”?
For Dr Agnès Ricard-Hibon, director of Samu 95, “ all the situations in which one removes the mask and one is in close contact are factors of contamination. We especially do not want to see a third wave arrive with too brutal deconfinement “. She adds that ” the efforts made by the French are working “, Because the indicators show a drop in the number of intensive care admissions, in particular thanks to” curfew and confinement “. An opinion shared by Rémi Salomon, president of the medical establishment commission of Public Assistance – Hospitals of Paris. It indicates that the ” situation is fragile, the virus is still circulating a lot. The workload in hospitals is still considerable. If we release too quickly, the virus will recirculate faster “.
End-of-year celebrations: “factories to Covid”
For Prime Minister Jean Castex, family meals on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are ” Covid factories ”, Where the spread of the virus could start to rise again. He fears in particular that these family reunions for the holidays will cause a third wave.
