Is this really a third confinement? Since Saturday March 20, 2021, a third of France is once again under cover, to fight the spread of Covid-19, which has hit the world for more than a year. The 21 million inhabitants of the 16 departments concerned are discovering a new form of confinement, with the authorization, in particular, to leave their homes within a radius of 10 km, without time limit. However, these are many "containment measures" announced by Jean Castex, during his press conference on Thursday, March 18, 2021. An expression that the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron refutes, on the other hand.
During a meeting at the Élysée Palace, as part of the Francophonie Day celebrated on Friday March 19, 2021, Emmanuel Macron spoke thus, about the latest announcements from his Prime Minister: "I believe that the word containment is not suited to the strategy presented yesterday", he estimated, reports theAFP. And explain: "What we want is to curb the virus without locking ourselves in, it is not to be confined. It is to live with (the virus, editor's note), I have been saying this for a year, without inevitability." The Head of State insisted on the fact that aeration is far from being a bad thing, in this context of health crisis. "What we have learned in a year is that we must not multiply interactions. There is a share of individual responsibility. The only way is to slow down your contacts to prevent the virus from spreading. is spreading. But walking outside is not bad ", he stressed. And to conclude: "The term confinement itself is not the correct one. Today we are talking about additional braking measures. "
Gabriel Attal: "I'm not a word fetishist"
For his part, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, who has not escaped criticism since his arrival in government, is asking the question. "Can we talk about a third confinement? I do not know what name to give to these strong measures that are taken. But there is one difference that is noticeable, which is that we are looking more outward ", he confessed. Statements that echo those of government spokesman Gabriel Attal, who said on the airwaves of RTL, Friday March 19, 2021: "I'm not a word fetishist. It's better to spend some time outdoors rather than indoors with other people. "
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