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Wednesday at 8 p.m. on live TV Emmanuel macron will announce to the French the new measures decided to stop the second wave of coronavirus, which seems out of control. Although the official line has long been that of everything but confinement, it is moving toward a new national blockade, which will last one month: Perhaps with elementary and middle schools open, many exceptions for those unable to work at home, and the prospect of reopening in time for Christmas, but in any case, the tab for a new lockdown seems to have lowered.
The strategy adopted so far by first Jean Castex – gradual and local response – served little, and the current 21-6 curfew is struggling to deliver results. The numbers indicate a very worrying situationCases rose 74 percent in eight days to 52,000 in 24 hours on Sunday, and the positive test rate went from 1.5 percent this summer to 19 percent now. Above all worries the situation in hospitals, where once again non-urgent operations are postponed: on March 17, the first day of the spring closure, 2,579 people were hospitalized by Covid, now there are almost seven times more (17,000 784); Covid-19 patients in resuscitation are about 2,600, double in three weeks, and in the Ile de France, Paris region, the bed occupancy rate is already close to 70%, according to an estimate by The world. In 24 hours, 258 people died from coronavirus. In this context, the initial hypotheses of strengthening the curfew or local closures in the most affected areas seem to give way to the most drastic measure, a second national closure.
Macron might be encouraged to make such a challenging and unpopular decision even by the attitude of the Chancellor Merkel, which in a Germany with fast-growing but even better numbers (around 20,000 new cases a day) is also thinking about a light closure, with the closure of bars and restaurants. All European countries are dealing with a second wave that many politicians and experts who were obviously too optimistic this summer felt they could exclude. After Ireland, the first to declare a new blockade a week ago, and then Wales and the northern part of Portugal, Belgium could also decide to redeem on Friday, while Spain for the moment opts for a night curfew and the Los País The Netherlands yesterday approved a crown law that offers a more solid basis for the new measures (partial confinement and mandatory mask). Difficult decisions await us – said yesterday the French Minister of the Interior, Grald Darmanin – but this is not just about France.
October 27, 2020 (change October 27, 2020 | 22:48)
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