Coronavirus: seniors confined longer? Emmanuel Macron decides the question: Current Woman The MAG

In the midst of the covid-19 crisis, questions are piling up about "after confinement". Indeed, the government has so far remained very elusive on this subject, preferring to concentrate all its efforts in the fight against the virus. April 13, 2020, Emmanuel Macron spoke from the Elysée Palace facing French people confined for a month, impatient to know what fate was in store for them for the coming month. The President of the Republic's decision was final: confinement will be extended until next May 11. Only educational establishments will gradually reopen, with the exception of universities which will remain closed until July. Besides some similarities with the Queen's historical speech, it is a sentence uttered by Emmanuel Macron during his speech, which particularly intrigued viewers.

Special recommendations for seniors

"For their protection, we will ask the most vulnerable people, to the elderly, with disabilities severe, to people with chronic illnesses, of stay, even after May 11, confined, at least at first ", said the head of state. Special measures would therefore be put in place for those most at risk ?, one wonders in France. Friday April 17, 2020, Emmanuel Macron ended all controversy via an official press release, read live by Caroline Dieudonné on BFM TV. "There will be no discrimination against our elders but recommendations after May 11" quoted the health journalist. Do not panic for our seniors who can leave their homes after the cut-off date if they wish, although prolonged confinement is intimately advised in order to eliminate any risk of contamination.

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