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The infection process in France appears to be out of control: in Paris and eight other Corona hotspots, citizens are no longer allowed to leave their homes between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. France reported a new daily record on Saturday night with more than 32,000 new corona infections in one day. The death toll from corona increased by 122 on Friday to a total of 33,303 since the pandemic began. The new curfews are the toughest measure in France since the end of the national lockdown on May 11.
On the eve of the measure, which took effect at midnight, there were still numerous people in the capital. Around 10 p.m. on Friday, the terraces of the brasseries and restaurants that were still open on the Place de la République in Paris were still full. “We will enjoy it as long as possible,” said a 19-year-old student, accompanied by four friends. “We go to the restaurant, we do a tour of the bars and we take a walk.”
The editions remember spring in France
Prime Minister Jean Castex rejected the exceptions for the cultural sector on Friday. “Everyone has to be home by 9:00 pm,” Prime Minister Castex said of the new curfews for the metropolitan areas of Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Grenoble, Toulouse. and Montpellier. Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said this would cost the economy less than a national shutdown.
The Paris Interior Ministry released a form late Friday that anyone who has to go to the door during curfew must bring with them. The following exceptions can be specified, among other things: travel to work, medical emergencies, care of relatives or child care, or the way to the airport or train station for long distance travel. The dog is also allowed to be walked, but only within a radius of one kilometer from the apartment.
There is a threat of a fine of 135 euros
The strict regulations are reminiscent of spring. At that time there were very strict exit restrictions throughout France. Even then, you were only allowed out for a valid reason, for example, to go shopping. The walks were limited in time and only allowed within one kilometer of the apartment. People also had to document all of this with a form. Parks and beaches were closed at the time.
Anyone who does not adhere to the new restrictions must pay a fine of 135 euros; for repeat offenders, thousands of euros can be paid. 12,000 police officers are supposed to monitor compliance with the rules.
France’s Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot had previously described the exceptions for cinemas, theaters and concert halls as conceivable and thus raised hope. The cultural institutions of the affected cities must now close at 9:00 p.m., as well as the restaurants.
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Restaurateurs have massively criticized the measure. They had to shut down for weeks in the spring and are now complaining of a huge loss of income. “It is the death of restaurants in Paris at night. In the capital, people arrive at the restaurant at 9:00 p.m., here we do not eat with the chickens. Therefore, a large majority of the establishments will close at night , around 18:00 “said the president of the association of hotels and restaurants Umih Île de France, Frank Delvau, to the newspaper” Le Figaro “.
“I see that as a ban on life,” says one student.
“I no longer see anyone at the university because all my courses are online; my dance class, which ends at 10 at night, is canceled, and if you can’t go out at night … I see it as a ban of life, “said the 22. year-old student Coline of the Sorbonne of the newspaper” Le Parisien “.
A few hours before the curfew began, a Toulouse court struck down a local regulation to contain corona infections. The administrative court of the southwestern French city has thrown out an order by authorities to close bars and restrict restaurants too much.
In Toulouse, the prefecture also ordered the closure of bars on October 12 and the restriction of groups of six people in restaurants. Several industry representatives, who feared for the economic survival of their companies, filed a lawsuit. The court has now rejected the restrictions as disproportionate, but the curfews ordered by the central government in Paris are adequate to address the worsening situation for the crown.
During the visit to the University Hospital in Lille, Prime Minister Castex emphasized that the government wanted to help hospitals that were again under pressure in the second corona wave. According to Castex, “almost 40” per cent of the intensive care beds at Lille University Hospital are occupied by corona patients, and in Paris it is even more. Many hospitals could hit their limits again by the end of October.
German travel warning for all of France from Saturday
A German travel warning “for the whole of France” will also take effect on Saturday, as announced by the Foreign Ministry. Only overseas territories like New Caledonia and French Polynesia are not affected, but the Foreign Ministry “urgently advises against” traveling here as well. The border area with Alsace, Lorraine and the Champagne-Ardenne administrative district will also be considered a risk zone for the first time since mid-June, as announced by the Robert Koch Institute. This sparked unrest in the region.
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“The borders will not be closed,” said the affected French region of Grand Est. Baden-Württemberg, Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate also declared that the borders would remain open. Daily life, work and study should not be “paralyzed by a total lockdown”, declared Prime Ministers Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), Tobias Hans (CDU) and Malu Dreyer (SPD). During the first Corona wave in spring, Germany had largely sealed the border with France.
According to the three federal states, cross-border travelers can move “within 24 hours in the border area” without restrictions. The French do not have to submit a negative corona test or go into quarantine to buy in Germany. For family reunions, doctor visits or compelling professional reasons, even 72-hour exceptions are planned, said French MP Christophe Arend of France Bleu radio station. In France, there is no quarantine requirement for travelers from Germany. (AFP, dpa)
