At the end of a health defense council and a Council of Ministers, Monday, December 27, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced a series of sanitary measures but refused to impose a curfew or to repel back to school.
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Create the virus, without paralyzing the country. Emmanuel Macron once again follows this ridge line to deal with the fugging thrust of the Omicron variant. As if, a few months from the presidential election, the head of state had resolved to play the balance of the equilibrists against the epidemic of Covid-19.
At the end of a health defense council and a Council of Ministers held in videoconference, Monday, December 27, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced a series of measures, in order to “curb the propagation” of this New very contagious variant, which results in record contamination figures in France, including a tip to more than 100,000 new cases daily on December 25th.
Main announcement to “relieve” hospital services, threatened with saturation: the use of teleworking “will be made mandatory” from the beginning of the school year “for all employees for which it is possible”, at the rate of “three days Minimum per week and four days When possible “, announced the head of government at a press conference, alongside the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran. From Tuesday, the Minister of Labor Elisabeth Borne, will conduct a consultation with the social partners on this subject.
Return of gauges
Other evolution of magnitude: the return of the gauges for large gatherings, fixed to 2,000 people maximum indoors and 5,000 outdoors, including in sports speakers. Only political meetings will not be concerned, as part of the presidential campaign. Standing concerts will be prohibited, as is the consumption of drinks and food in all cinemas, theaters, sports equipment and collective transport. Drink a glass standing in cafes and bars will also be proscribed. These provisions, adopted in the Council of Ministers, shall apply “from Monday for a period of three weeks”, “said Castex.
As for the duty of port of the mask, already effective everywhere in the interior, it will be “extended” outdoors, “especially in all centers-cities,” announced the Prime Minister, stating that the return of this Unpopular rule will be the responsibility of the prefects, in connection with the mayors.
But the country can deal with an epidemic “extremely tense” situation, according to Mr Castex, because of the “double wave” of Delta and Omicron variants, the executive did not opt for radical measures , unlike several European countries. While doctors demanded it, the government did not choose to impose a curfew, particularly for the evening of December 31. The Prime Minister merely calling for the “responsibility” of the French, recommending them to “limit the big festivals” and to respect barrier gestures.
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