Coronavirus: Emmanuel Macron believes he was “right not to reconfine” at the end of January – ELIOT BLONDET-POOL / SIPA
To the question “Should we have confined the country on January 29?” “Emmanuel Macron persists and signs by replying in the negative:” We were right not to confine France, because there was not the explosion foreseen by all the models “.
The President of the Republic, who spoke to the press in the evening this Thursday on the sidelines of the European Council, indicated that on the subject of containment, he had “no mea culpa to do”, despite the epidemic resurgence of Covid-19 currently observed.
In March, “there was an acceleration. This corresponds to the fact that the variant has become very predominant in several departments. We have adapted our response, ”he further indicated. “We were right to take braking measures. There is no taboo. Each time we have to have the most suitable answer. “