How the night lockdown falls in 8 French cities
What Macron has announced in France on the anti Covid measures. Enrico Martial's article
Oliver Véran, the French Minister of Health, had said it, damn it, last September 23. In presenting the three levels of alert and the corresponding restrictions to be applied to individual cities and areas, he had estimated that – without containment measures – the saturation of the intensive care units would reach Lyon in mid-October, and in Paris towards the first ten of November. Well, the second wave seemed to slow down, but the measures were not enough. From Saturday 17 October it goes further and in eight cities it will not be possible to go out between 11 pm and 6 am: Lille, Grenoble, Lyon, Aix-Marseille, Montpellier, Rouen, Toulouse and Saint-Etienne. So it will be for a month, maybe six weeks, the fine will be 135 euros, the implementation at the moment based on common sense, with exceptions for those who work at night or return from work.
As was the case in the first phase of the pandemic, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, anticipated the contents of the new measures on 14 October in a long 44-minute interview on France2 and TF1 . The explanations of the details will be entrusted to the intendency, that is, at the next press conference Prime Minister Jean Castex, as it was then with Edouard Philippe.
The difference with respect to the first phase is confirmed, as elsewhere in Europe: the generalized lockdown is excluded, the measures remain territorial. They are also limited – in fact, a night-only lockdown – to protect the continuity of economic, educational and service activities. With this line in the balance between health needs and economic protection, the political agenda of the recovery and the recovery fund of early September is forced to continually adapt. We will not get out of this situation until next June, he said, we need to reduce and then stabilize the number of new daily infections, perhaps around 3-5 thousand, and Covid patients in resuscitation around 10-15% of available places. Indeed, these waves of liberalization and subsequent restrictions must also be avoided.
Teleworking is promoted, for two or three days a week, considering that face-to-face exchanges are necessary for work activities. Macron asked to avoid meetings of more than six "third" people, both in restaurants and in private life. The rule must be applied with common sense: a larger family should not worry, as long as it does not extend the meetings to other people. Furthermore, it is a recommendation, Prime Minister Jean Castex had made it clear on October 12 that there is no intention of entering private life with coercive means, also because there is no legal possibility.
Macron again appealed to the responsibility of citizens – an argument that is part of the French historical memory of the moments of war and crisis – to the sense of community and common commitment. The idea is to maintain consensus and active participation in the implementation of containment measures. There will be no restrictions on public transport, no obstacles to travel or holidays. Rather, we invite you to avoid family meetings on the holidays at the beginning of November, which risk involving the elderly and the most exposed.
As regards the accompanying measures, aid has been announced for the sectors of the areas concerned, to be agreed at the local level, ie catering, sports, shows: the latter have asked for adaptations and rescheduling of timetables. Beneficiaries of the minimum wage and support for rent costs (students and fragile families) will receive aid, which will be repeated in the spring, of the order of € 150 plus € 100 per child.
In addition, a new version of the Stop-Covid app was announced (after Prime Minister Jean Castex's anticipation on October 12), which will be launched on October 22, with the new name "Tous anti-Covid" (All against the Covid). It will also allow restaurants to register those present without marking names and addresses (an issue bordering on confidentiality on personal data), it will offer information on the spread of the virus and news on where tests can be carried out.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/come-piomba-il-lockdown-notturno-in-8-citta-francesi/ on Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:40:17 +0000.