Jean Castex spoke on Thursday February 25, 2021. The French Prime Minister took stock, live, on the health situation which is proving more and more complicated: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 30,000 positive cases were in fact recorded after a few weeks of high plateau, during which the figures were stabilized between 15,000 and 20,000 cases per day. The 55-year-old politician said that after Nice and Dunkirk, placed in confinement on weekends because of their very high incidence rate, around 20 departments were in "enhanced vigilance". New restrictions could also be put in place from Saturday March 6, 2021: "Consultations will be carried out, and we will take stock next week. And if, and only if, the solution has deteriorated, we will take action", explained Jean Castex. However, the government is trying to emerge from this health crisis without resorting to a third lockdown, at least for now. Jean Castex has indeed affirmed "do everything" to delay it. But what about the least affected departments, such as Finistère? Could we consider relaxation measures? For Jean Castex, this configuration is not "nowadays" Not possible.
Jean Castex relies on a local strategy
The government indeed wishes "give the vaccination time to produce effects". To do this, we must at all costs reduce contamination and prevent the English variant, which represents "more than one in two" continues to spread throughout the territory. "The right way to act fast and hard is to do it where it's needed, without impacting the territories where the virus circulates less ", he said. In addition to this local strategy, the executive is also relying on a new treatment: monoclonal antibodies that could "to prevent the onset of severe forms of the disease."
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