What should the French expect, who have been fighting this endless Covid-19 pandemic for almost a year? After a slight clearing up, the situation darkens in the country, as confirmed by government spokesman Gabriel Attal during the press conference following the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. And the young politician did not go through four paths: "In recent days, the number of contaminations and the incidence rate have been on the rise again", he announced at the outset, before adding: “The situation is deteriorating and it is even worrying, very worrying in ten departments. In some territories, it even imposes rapid and strong decisions and measures. ” Gabriel Attal thus speaks of a situation of “Absolute vigilance” and specifies: “We are all walking a thread together and we must all together continue to hold on. We still need to fight this epidemic. On these subjects, the Prime Minister will host a press conference tomorrow. We have a horizon, the vaccination is advancing. We cannot give up or get discouraged so close to the goal, we have to hold on […] All our efforts must continue to avoid having to decide on a new national lockdown, obviously without any certainty that we will succeed. ”
"The epidemic situation is deteriorating", says Olivier Véran
To try to counter the rise of the virus and its variants in France – and more particularly in certain very specific areas – Olivier Véran for his part announced a weekend confinement for Dunkirk and its agglomeration, like what was declared for Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes coast. The measure will come into force on Friday, detailed in the early evening the Minister of Health, traveling in the North. “The epidemic situation is deteriorating in our country. The breakthrough of the British variant is such that the number of diagnoses is now increasing day by day ”, said Olivier Véran. A list of departments “At high risk” will also be shared Thursday February 25 by Prime Minister Jean Castex at a new press conference.
"Nothing is excluded"
The situation had been predictable for several days. In an article published on Tuesday February 23, The world warned: “According to the entourage of Prime Minister Jean Castex,‘ nothing is excluded, neither a territorial strategy nor national containment, including tight ’. Closure of schools included, therefore. To escape this option of last resort, the government hopes to contain the few epidemic outbreaks already declared. ” As noted Release, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, who is said to be “obsessed” by scientific journals since the start of the health crisis, reminded LREM deputies on Friday February 19 during a videoconference interview: "The epidemiological predictions rather predict a sharp increase for the month of March." After the successive statements of Gabriel Attal and Olivier Véran this Wednesday, February 24, many Internet users have expressed on social networks their weariness in the face of the pandemic, which looks more and more like a never-ending day.
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