The inhabitants of the Landes will still have to be patient before the last health restrictions are lifted. The department most affected in France by Covid-19 will maintain the last confinement restrictions until July 6 inclusive, unlike the rest of the country, the prefect Cécile Bigot-Dekeyzer announced on Tuesday, June 30.
With a proportion of the Delta variant, “Significantly stronger” that elsewhere, the department “Will remain in phase 3 until July 6 inclusive”, and thus maintain the system of gauges, specified the prefect in videoconference, whereas June 30 marks the end of the gauges in the closed spaces (restaurants, cinemas, stores…) elsewhere in France.
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“The health situation is stabilized but very atypical” compared to the rest of the country, with “An incidence rate that hovers around 50 [cas pour 100 000 personnes], the alert threshold “, detailed the prefect, explaining that “The Landes department has[vait] been little impacted by the Covid so far ”, and therefore “Weak collective immunity”.
Les Landes, where the Delta variant first appeared in France, and which has two patients who died, have been experiencing an increase in the Covid epidemic for several weeks.
Seven epidemic foci in the department
“The share of the Delta variant is very important”, underlined by his side Didier Couteaud, delegate of the regional health agency in the Landes. According to him, the percentage ” recognized “ of this variant is currently around 45%. He announced the presence of seven epidemic foci in the department, five in companies and two in nursing homes.
Mme Bigot-Dekeyzer insisted on the importance of vaccination, even if the vaccination rate of the department is 58%: ” [C’est] one of the highest in France, but it needs to improve further. “
Concretely, detailed the prefect, while the gauges are removed in the rest of the country, the gatherings remain limited to ten people on the public highway in the Landes, the gauges maintained at 65% in cinemas and theaters and at 50 % inside restaurants and casinos. The limit remains fixed at 4 m2 per person in stores.