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Historical registry of infections COVID-19 in France: 16,096 in 24 hours. The new figures fall on Paris amid the controversy over the new tightening of sanitary regulations. The government communicated them and it is a ceiling that has never been reached. After the first wave of coronavirus, resuscitations exceed 1,000 for the first time and now accept 1,048 patients (46 more than yesterday). The number of victims has increased by 52 since yesterday, to a total of 31,511 now. On the other hand, 52 people lost their lives due to complications related to the infection on the last day.
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A cold shower on the day of the mayors’ revolt against the tightening of the French government to face the resurgence of the coronavirus that provides, among other things, the complete closure of bars and restaurants in the area between Marseille and Aix-en-Provence and close early at 22 for Paris. “Shut up, Véran!”: After the mayor of Marseille, Michèle Rubirola, also that of Aix, Maryse Joissains, has criticized the Minister of Health guilty of having announced last night the controversial anti-Covid crackdown.
The first citizen of Paris was also irritated, Anne Hidalgo. On television, the first socialist citizen rejected the “very restrictive measures” announced yesterday and decided “unfortunately, without consultation.” Hence the bitterness of having felt only “an hour before” and the misunderstanding by the closing of the gyms. “I wonder how not practicing any more sport can help us …”. Sparks also in Marseille. At a press conference this morning, Deputy Mayor Benoit Payan denounced an “insult” from the Macron administration and called for a ten-day extension before putting the restrictive measures into effect. But in a country that registers thousands of cases a day, the government responds in spades.
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“The situation in some states is even worse than the peak in March, which is very worrying. And it means that the control measures adopted have not been sufficiently effective or have not been applied, or have not been followed as they should.
At a certain point, when it comes to protecting people’s lives – Veran warned in the Senate – the principle of responsibility must prevail. “According to the indicators, we are in a situation where we cannot afford to wait 10 more days,” the executive was quoted as saying by Bfm-Tv. Position that Prime Minister Jean Castex defended this afternoon in his first television debate since he took office in Matignon. Interviewed by the daily La Provence, the mayor of Aix – known for its volcanic character – said she harbored “monstrous anger” and equated the closure of bars and restaurants in the area with a “catastrophe.”
The area between Aix and Marseille is on “high alert”, with an incidence rate of the virus exceeding 250 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants. “We have five patients in intensive care and ten people hospitalized throughout the city”, however, defends the first citizen, according to which the Parisian executive goes too far, establishing a “climate of anxiety”. “People will no longer want to send their children to school, the merchants will fail,” attacks Joissains, adding: “Here we have to calm the population and they do the opposite. Here we exaggerate, I say: shut up, Véran! Top management is going crazy. ‘
“Astonishment” and “surprise” at the executive’s announcements were also expressed by the mayor of Marseille, Michèle Rubirola, according to which in the “current health situation nothing justifies this decision”, while the president of Provence-Alpes -Cote d ‘Azur (Paca), Renaud Muselier, is outraged by what he considers a “collective punishment” and will file a complaint tomorrow against the closure of bars and restaurants. “Very, very angry” also the main union of restaurateurs in Aix and Marseille. “We almost have the impression that Paris regards Marseille as a small fish that we don’t even need to warn about,” laments Umih number one Bernard Marty.
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