“Reconfinement imminent.” January 24, 2021, Sunday Newspaper announced the likely arrival of a third lockdown by the end of the week to fight the spread of Covid-19 in France. “Reconfinement is just a matter of days”, could we read in the columns of the weekly. “Faced with the persistence of the epidemic and the threat of a meteoric acceleration of contaminations due to 'variants', several high-ranking sources within the executive assured him yesterday at JDD : 'The decision is about to be taken', only the timing and modalities remaining under discussion. "" After the release of the weekly on kiosks, government spokesperson Gabriel Attal, invited to the Sunday in politics, sure France 3, asserted that there was “no decision taken ” at this point but that “the next few days will be decisive. ” Emmanuel Macron however wishes to remain the only one “Master of the clocks” : thus, against all expectations, France Info announced, Monday January 25, 2021, that the Head of State did not (or no longer?) speak in the coming days, specifying that "The President wants to do everything to avoid a further re-containment, waits to learn more about the impact of the variants and wants to see the effects of the national curfew after 15 days."
Three scenarios, from the most "optimistic" to the most "catastrophic"
What is it really then? Tuesday January 26, Le Figaro gives some details on the three scenarios that make Emmanuel Macron hesitate. “The first – the most optimistic – would be to delay by postponing for at least a week the decision to reconfigure the country, if the data presented to it on Wednesday are relatively stable. The second – acclaimed by Matignon and the Scientific Council – would anticipate the deterioration of the figures, and announce a preventive reconfinement which would come into force this Saturday, at the end of the 15-day curfew. Finally, a third option – the most catastrophic – is also on the table. Because if the elements presented to him on Wednesday show an uncontrolled and uncontrollable explosion, the Head of State could then decide on an immediate reconfinement, which would come into force on this Thursday, without waiting for the two weeks of time needed to measure the effects of the curfew. ” The defense council scheduled for Wednesday January 27 will undoubtedly allow the French to see it a little more clearly. At least that's what many hope. Still according to our colleagues, another defense council could however be scheduled by the end of the week “In case the statistics available Wednesday are not sufficient to decide immediately.” According to the agency A2PRL, the executive reserves the right to "Take action this weekend, if the health situation requires it." One thing is certain: the inhabitants of France should not escape a third lockdown.
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