In order to stem the second wave of Covid-19 which is spreading rapidly in France, two public health experts are calling for the establishment of "eco-compatible confinement" from Monday.
In a column published by Sunday Newspaper on October 25, Philippe Amouyel, professor of public health at Lille University Hospital and Director General of the Alzheimer Foundation, and Luc Dauchet, lecturer in public health at Lille University Hospital, estimate that at only six weeks before the Christmas holidays, the country can not afford "take the risk of failure or insufficient effect " curfew.
To stop the second wave of Covid-19, the two experts therefore propose a new containment. They remind then that "the number of cases has been halved every week from the third week of its installation". However, the lockdown has had a strong impact on the country's economy. Thus, they demand the establishment of "https://www.aufeminin.com/"a new type of eco-compatible containment targeted by region" starting Monday.
During this re-containment, only essential businesses would remain open, a home exit certificate would become mandatory, public and private meetings would be prohibited and teleworking would be extended. However, schools, colleges and high schools would remain open and public transport traffic maintained, "with staggered working hours and additional trains ".
Philippe Amouyel and Luc Dauchet want the implementation "repeated systematic screening campaigns with rapid tests in the general population for all French people over 18 " to identify asymptomatic cases. According to them, thanks to this system, bars, restaurants, sports halls and shows could reopen at Christmas because the progression of the virus would be slowed down.
While the curfew has been implemented in 54 departments as well as in Polynesia, this measure does not seem to be effective enough. So, re-containment seems more and more inevitable. This Friday, the epidemiologist at the Institut Pasteur, Arnaud Fontanet, confided that a local re-containment was "part of the options" of the government. Martin Blachier, public health doctor and epidemiologist, recommends instead a re-containment of people at risk, that is to say over 65 years and people suffering from certain pathologies.