The figures for the coronavirus epidemic are not improving and rumors are rife: a third lockdown is under consideration. Here are the concrete elements that support this theory.
The rumor is growing: a new containment should happen, even if nothing is official. The government usually takes the floor regularly to discuss the evolution of the Covid19 pandemic in France and the possible evolution of the rules. On January 20, 2021, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced that there would be no new major decisions in the coming days, but that "other national measures could be decided" later. A way to prepare the spirits for a new confinement?
They are many, the doctors and scientists to call this solution of their wishes. This January 20, 2021, epidemiologist Renaud Piarroux thus declares to the newspaper Le Parisien: "We will not escape harsh measures, it is better to take them right away, even if it means easing them quickly." The figures for hospitalizations from Public Health France are indeed the highest since mid-December 2020.
The question arises as to when the ax will fall. A decision that depends on the objective: prevent or cure an epidemic peak? Europe 1 evokes announcements next week, for a 4-week confinement from the end of January to the beginning of February 2021.
Three hypotheses are mentioned by several major national media: either local confinement, or national confinement which could be strict, with schools closed, or, as in November 2020, with schools open. Gabriel Attal warned at a press conference on January 20: "The next few weeks, I'll be honest with you, will be tough." We suspected it a bit.