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ANSWER: Mayor Michèle Rubirola says she reacts with amazement and anger that Marseille was not consulted until it was decided that the city’s bars and restaurants should close. Photo: CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / POOL / AFP POOL
France on Thursday announced its worst day of infection since the start of the corona outbreak. In Marseille, the authorities’ new infection control measures meet strong opposition from local politicians.
– If we don’t act – and we want to act – we may be in a similar situation to what we had in the spring. It may mean we have to lock ourselves in again, and that should be avoided, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said when he visited the France 2 television channel on Thursday night, according to the daily Le Figaro.
French authorities on Thursday announced a large increase in the number of confirmed corona cases. In one day, they have registered more than 16,000 new infections, the highest number in one day.
According to health authorities, almost half a million French people have been infected since the epidemic began.
The rise in infection has been particularly severe in the country’s second-largest city, Marseille, which is on high alert. On Wednesday, French Health Minister Olivier Véran announced that all bars, restaurants and gyms in the city must be closed for at least two weeks starting Saturday.
The measures meet strong opposition at the local level, according to Le Figaro.
– I react with amazement and anger to a decision that was made without consulting Marseille. Nothing in the current state of health justifies this announcement. I do not accept that citizens are victims of political decisions that nobody can understand, writes the mayor of the city, Michèle Rubirola. On twitter.
She leads a coalition between the Greens and the left in the city.
Deputy Mayor Benoît Payan calls the restrictions “irrational,” writes the BBC.
– Once again, our area is sanctioned, sanctioned and designated. Our city has been closed without anyone having been consulted.
NEW MEASURES WARNING: French Prime Minister Jean Castex defended local measures in an interview with France 2 on Thursday. He also warns that more may come. Photo: THOMAS COEX / AFP
Prime Minister Castex’s response to the local opposition is that everyone must take responsibility that the situation does not develop further.
-They are wrong, because we are not playing with an epidemic, he says.
– In Marseille, there is a battle against the clock, and that is why we have decided to introduce stricter measures, he adds.
Also in the capital Paris and ten other cities, including Bordeaux and Lyon, stricter restrictions are being introduced, writes the BBC. Here, bars and restaurants must close at 10 pm starting Monday.
France has 204.5 infected per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, according to the overview of VG’s travel advice shows, so the Norwegian authorities do not seem to be able to be colored yellow for a while. Your limit is 20.
The UK also had its worst day of infection on Thursday, with over 6,600 new cases in one day.
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