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DIRECT. Coronavirus: in the event of a second wave, the reconfiguration will be “targeted”, announces Jean Castex

2020-07-09T12:30:21.709Z


The Prime Minister believes that "we would no longer support a total and absolute reconfiguration as we have experienced".


The essential :

  • The pandemic has killed at least 539,620 people worldwide since late December. In France, 29,933 deaths have been reached, with 13 new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.
  • A possible reconfiguration in France will be "targeted", according to Jean Castex.
  • 60,000 new infections recorded in the United States in 24 hours, and more than 1,100 people died.
  • By the time the notification is effective, the United States will leave the World Health Organization (WHO), of which it is the largest contributor, on July 6, 2021.

»Follow the situation live:

11.45 a.m. In Serbia, 60 injured in Belgrade. 60 people (including 43 police) were injured in the demonstrations held Tuesday evening in Belgrade, the Serbian capital. Protesters opposed the establishment of a curfew to combat the spread of Covid-19. Twenty people were also arrested.

11:20 a.m. Do not go to second homes. While the Australian city of Melbourne is about to start a second confinement for six weeks, local police are asking the owners of second homes not to go there so as not to "spread" the disease.

10:55 a.m. Prepare for a second wave. "We must prepare for a resumption of the epidemic, even a second wave", which is possible "this fall or this winter," said the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, in Le Figaro. These words are in line with those of Eric Caumes, head of the infectious diseases department at the Paris hospital of Pitié-Salpêtrière, and who, in the Parisian, says he fears "a second wave this summer".

10:40 a.m. In the UK, a historic plan for youth . The post-containment recovery plan provides massive support for young people in the UK. Two billion pounds (around 2.2 billion euros) will be released to finance CDDs in particular. It will be "the biggest plan to fight unemployment among young people for decades," says the Treasury, in charge of public finances. The mechanism provides that the government subsidizes 100%, at the minimum wage, up to 25 hours per week, six-month contracts for 16-24 year-olds registered as unemployed and on low incomes.

10:25 a.m. Shopping rush in Melbourne. A few hours before a new confinement of six weeks, the food stores of Melbourne (Australia) are taken by storm. The number one supermarket in Australia, Woolworth, has also decided to ration its sales of pasta, vegetables and sugars.

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10:10 a.m. Musical event. In Indonesia, these musicians demand the reopening of cafes in Jakarta, the capital, after months of social restrictions.

AFP / Bay Ismoyo  

9.50 a.m. Damage to the brain? An English study, relayed by The Guardian, shows that COvid-19 can cause damage to the brain. Inflammations, lesions and strokes are possible consequences of the disease, especially in people who have had neurological problems as a symptom of the new coronavirus.

9:15 a.m. "Preserving economic and social life" in the face of a second wave. In view of a second wave of Covid-19, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, declares on BFMTV and RMC that he “has the will to prepare France for a possible second wave, but with in mind the need to preserve economic and social life ”.

9:05 a.m. Targeted reconfiguration. Prime Minister Jean Castex, when asked about BFMTV and RMC, said that "an absolute restructuring would have terrible consequences. So we're going to target. "

8:55 a.m. A "restructuring plan is ready". Prime Minister Jean Castex declares on BFMTV and RMC that a "restructuring plan is ready". However, he said that "we are not going to make a possible reconfiguration like that of March" because of the human and economic consequences. "We would no longer support a total and absolute reconfiguration as we experienced it."

8.45 a.m. Castex in Guyana on Sunday. Prime Minister Jean Castex will travel to Guyana on Sunday, where the Covid-19 is actively operating. "I come in the direction of the mission entrusted to me, with the desire to prepare France for a possible second wave but above all by preserving life, economic life, social life", he said on BFMTV and RMC.

8:30 am. The NBA threatened. If the "new coronavirus" spreads significantly among players, the NBA season, the North American basketball championship, which is due to resume on July 30 in the "bubble" of Disney World, would be threatened again, warns the boss from the league, Adam Silver. As NBA teams gather in Orlando, Florida to resume the season, Silver said he expects some players to test positive for Covid-19. But what would be “worrying”, according to him, would be to see players tested positive “once placed in quarantine”, which would mean that there is “a hole in our bubble”.

8:20 a.m. Child food security at risk in South Africa. Before the pandemic, 9 million pupils in South African public schools benefited from a free meal per day subsidized by the government. Confinement in fact interrupted it, without any other program replacing it. According to a recent survey, more than a third of students have had difficulty eating since the schools closed. The impact of confinement on young people's food security is such that many experts consider it more serious than the risk of contracting Covid-19.

8 hours. Proposal for a ceasefire in Colombia. The last active guerrilla war in Colombia, the National Liberation Army (ELN), proposed a three-month bilateral ceasefire to the government. It is a response to the United Nations' appeal to end hostilities in countries in conflict to facilitate the fight against the new coronavirus.

7.40 a.m. Is the recession limited to 9%? The decline in gross domestic product (GDP) in France would reach only 9% in 2020, according to the economic outlook published by INSEE on Wednesday. The government expects an 11% collapse, the Banque de France and the European Commission 10%.

7:30 a.m. The American air at worst. The largest American airlines have all signed letters of intent on federal loans to help them overcome the crisis created by the new coronavirus. And United Airlines should warn those of its employees this week that it will have to do without from October 1.

7.20am. Why Melbourne is reconfigured. On Tuesday, 191 of the 199 deaths recorded in Australia were in the state of Victoria. Hundreds of soldiers and police were deployed to the New South Wales border to block the 55 roads that pierce this long line. "The rest of the country knows that the sacrifice you are experiencing is not only for you and your own family, but for the Australian community in general," Prime Minister Scott Morrison thanked at a television press conference .

7.15 a.m. Melbourne confined. In Australia's second largest city, more than five million people will be confined from midnight (4 p.m. Paris time) for at least six weeks after an outbreak of new coronaviruses. Residents must stay at home except to go to work, study, buy food or go to medical appointments. The school holidays will be extended to settle the question of schools. Street meetings are limited to two people.

7 hours. In Serbia, a tight curfew. Police fired tear gas in Belgrade on Tuesday evening to disperse thousands of furious protesters at the authorities' announcement of a new curfew aimed at fighting a resurgence of the coronavirus. A handful of protesters had managed to enter the Serbian parliament at around 10 p.m.

6:50 a.m. Recession in sight. The European Commission forecasts a fall in GDP of 8.7% in 2020. The contraction should exceed 10% in France as well as in Italy and Spain.

6:45 a.m. Economic concern in Africa. Nearly 50 million Africans could fall into extreme poverty due to the economic consequences of the epidemic, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Between 24.6 and 30 million jobs will be lost this year. Nigeria, a state highly dependent on the oil sector, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be the most affected countries on the continent.

6:40 a.m. Bolsonaro treated with hydroxychloroquine. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the coronavirus, which he has long described as "little flu." “The doctors gave me hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin (an antibiotic) and after that I felt better. I'm perfectly fine, ”he said.

6:38 a.m. The United States is "sunk to the knees" in the pandemic. It is the director of the American Institute of Infectious Diseases, the much appreciated Anthony Fauci, who makes this statement while the country has 60,000 new infections and more than 1,100 people died in 24 hours. Donald Trump, the president, disputes this analysis.

6:35 a.m. Beijing is blowing. China has announced zero new patients in the last 24 hours in the Chinese capital, the first since a rebound last month.

6:30 am. Hello and welcome to this live. We are trying to measure the pandemic after months of confinement, deconfinement and more than half a million deaths.

Source: leparis

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