towards the closure for 30 days – Corriere.it

By Emmanuel macron time to decide. Faced with the exponential worsening of the pandemic, the French president called to announce todaya new grip on Covid for 30 days. Even in the event of a national shutdown, schools should remain open, he said. BFM-TVand the same goes for public services. Macron chaired a new defense council this morning, the second in two days, before the council of ministers. Then, at 8 p.m., he will give a television address to the nation.

While waiting for the speech, there are recording queues in the Paris metropolitan area. At 18.10 the site Sytadin sthere were 435 kilometers of traffic jams on the roads, more than double the average for normal traffic. The media are wondering about the reasons for the traffic, which could be due to a desire to get home early to hear from the president, stock up on groceries, or move to the country before the closure begins.

In France they were detected 33,417 new cases of contagion in the last 24 hours, according to data from Sant Publique France and the Ministry of Health (here the map of contagion in the world). The day before, 26,771 people tested positive. In total, 1,198,695 positive tests have been issued since the outbreak. On the other hand, 523 people died in the last 24 hours, 288 in hospitals and 235 in nursing homes. Since the start of the outbreak, 35,541 people have died from Covid in the country. In the last 24 hours, 1,194 people have been hospitalized, of which 148 in intensive care, compared to 186 on Monday.