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Paris will enter this Monday in maximum alert for the expansion of the coronavirus, after having exceeded all limits imposed by the Government and present a notable degradation of the sanitary situation, they informed EFE Government sources.
Executive sources indicated that the growing pressure on hospitals in the Paris region has been confirmed this weekend, so the Prime Minister, Jean castex, confirmed this Sunday to the mayor, Anne Hidalgo, that the capital goes on high alert.
In France, cities go into maximum alert when they exceed the three scales dictated by the Government: when the incidence rate exceeds 250 positives per 100,000 inhabitants among the general population or the 100 cases among the elderly, as well as when the 30 percent of ICU beds are occupied by Covid-19 patients.
Paris and part of its periphery surpassed last Thursday, with 263 and 105 cases respectively and an occupancy rate of around 35 percent in intensive care units.
This Sunday, the Executive was expected to confirm the closure of bars and restaurants in the capital starting tomorrow, Monday, but sources from the Executive quoted in the Gala press assured that they will be able to remain open with a reinforced health protocol.
The Paris City Council, the police prefecture, the health agency and the education agency, sent a joint statement this Sunday confirming that the Announcement of the new measures will be made this Monday.
Castex has also asked the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, to establish new provisions to combat the spread of the virus in establishments, which will go through halve the number of students per class in universities and training institutes of zones in maximum alert.
For her part, the Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne, will remind employers tomorrow of the need to give priority to telework in the cities declared in said alert.
The announcements in the French press coincided with the confirmation of the Marseille hotel trade union of the reopening of its restaurants this Monday after a week of total closure, after having reached an agreement with the authorities and announcing more restrictive measures to welcome its customers .
After registering a record of almost 17,000 new infections this Saturday, France reported 12,565 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 32 additional deaths in the last day, with which the number of deaths from the disease now stands at 32,230 people.
