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The list is updated following the evolution of various indicators such as the virus incidence rate, the pressure on the hospital system, the number of tests carried out.
Virus, the order of hope: “mandatory swab for those arriving from France”
Yesterday Santè Publique France, the national agency that monitors the progress of the epidemic, registered more than 10,500 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, a figure lower than the previous day even if the positive rate has increased. That is the percentage of positive people compared to the total number of people tested, which went from 5.6% to 5.7%. It should also be noted that testing capacity is reduced on weekends because not all workers are functional.
Coronavirus in the world, 850 thousand people locked up in Madrid
These data have led the government to increase the number of departments included in the red zone, a decision that allows the prefects to strengthen measures already in force such as the obligation to wear masks or introduce new ones, such as the limitation of meetings, partial or total closure of some non-essential public places, travel restrictions.
In Indre-et-Loire, for example, which has now been classified as a red zone, the prefect has ordered the prohibition of “dance evenings” and “evenings organized by student communities”, “refreshments, aperitifs”. In the Rhône department, where the incidence rate of the virus has tripled in the last two weeks, the prefect has announced a ban on events with more than 1,000, in the rest of France the limit is 5,000. The great fair in Lyon, which was to take place between October 8 and 12, has been canceled. The prefect also recommended limiting private gatherings to no more than 10 people and introduced restrictions on the sale of alcohol from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Coronavirus in the world, new record of cases in France
The contagion situation in France has put the Italian government on alert: the minister of the Sanidad Roberto Speranza has established that those arriving from Paris and other French departments “with significant virus circulation” must undergo mandatory swabbing.
The trend of infections in Europe worries the Italian authorities, but it is also a sensitive subject of diplomacy between countries. For days, Paris and Rome had been discussing studying a system of controls by mutual agreement, now Italy has begun the tests unilaterally, extending a measure already in force since August 15 for those who return from Spain and France to the most affected areas of France. three other states.
