Containment is tightening to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. In Paris, the prefect of police, Didier Lallement, held a short press conference at midday. He notably indicated to BFMTV that "these are 150 checkpoints that are held in Paris and the agglomeration [and] practically 3000 civil servants who are mobilized to carry out these checks". These will range from flexible vehicle and pedestrian controls to more fixed controls. The prefect of police also showed a map detailing the different points set up.
"We will rotate throughout the device to adapt the controls"
Didier Lallement shows the map of the police system in Paris pic.twitter.com/pxc9BPvrpp
Concerning Parisians and businesses reluctant to containment, the Paris prefect of police replied: "You know me, I will make the instructions understood fairly quickly".
Recalcitrant businesses closed “more imperatively”
He also assured that the businesses not respecting the measures would be closed: “We have made numerous checks since 48 hours and we are verbalizing the recalcitrant. Unfortunately, there are still businesses which are not part of the list fixed by the decree, and which are maintained, in particular in the north of Paris. It is totally unacceptable. I will therefore take measures to close them more imperatively ”.
The prefect of police wanted to reassure as to the use of masks for the police: "It is not necessary that the police officers wear masks apart from contact cases".
15 day confinement
For Didier Lallement, the current situation is "a war where the front is between each of us as soon as contacts are made too close". The Paris prefect of police thus takes up the language elements developed the day before by Emmanuel Macron. The president had issued the first containment measures Monday evening in a televised address. "We are at war," he had repeated several times.
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The confinement must last at least 15 days, but the inhabitants will be able to continue shopping, go to work if they cannot telecommute, and have reduced physical activity. They must, however, bring a travel certificate on their honor, guaranteeing their good faith. The Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner assured that the French who will not respect these instructions will be fined. An initial fine of € 38 could quickly increase to € 135.
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According to the latest figures from Public Health France, there were at least 6,633 contaminations and 148 deaths in the country Monday evening.