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The crown’s situation in France continues to deteriorate: more than 52,000 new infections mean a sad daily record. The government is preparing the country for a “difficult November.” Curfews are already in effect.
The number of corona cases in France is constantly increasing. After more than 40,000 new infections per day, the Paris authorities have now reported a new daily record: 52,010 people were infected in 24 hours. More recently, about 17 percent of corona tests were positive.
Prime Minister Jean Castex recently warned that the newly infected would be the “hospitalized patients of tomorrow” and that France predicted a “difficult November”. Health Minister Olivier Véran said the same: The situation “will get worse in the coming days and weeks, no matter what we do,” he warned. President Emmanuel Macron also recently expressed concern about the rapid acceleration of the epidemic.
116 new deaths have been reported since Saturday. This means that at least 34,761 people have died in relation to the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic in France. According to health authorities, around 2,500 infected people are in the intensive care unit. More than a million French have contracted the virus since the pandemic began.
Night curfews
The French government wants to control the situation, among other things by extending the curfew to two-thirds of the population. Since Saturday, 46 million French people are not allowed to leave their homes between 9 pm and 6 am The regulation initially applies for six weeks.
Prime Minister Castex warned of “even more severe” restrictions in case all measures already taken fail. “Everything is on the table,” said epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet of the Science Council, an advisory body to the French government. The coronavirus is “circulating much faster than it was in the spring,” Fontanet said on BFM TV on Friday. He still hopes that a nationwide curfew like the first wave can be avoided, “because we are doing everything we can to avoid it,” Fontanet continued. Local curfews are “part of the options.”
Parliamentary debate on health emergency
On Saturday, the French parliament also voted to extend the health emergency until February 16. 71 MPs voted on Saturday in first reading for the controversial government bill, 35 MPs rejected it. The opposition warned against restricting civil liberties.
The bill will be debated in the Senate on Wednesday and the final vote is scheduled for early November. The health emergency gives the government the opportunity to quickly implement measures such as curfews or seizures in the fight against the virus. You can also take quick action to support the economy in a crisis. It was proclaimed for the first time in late March. It was initially lifted in July, but in mid-October the government reinstated it by decree in view of the massive increase in the crown number. However, Parliament’s approval is required for a new extension.
