The Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin asked Wednesday evening to the Ultramarins of metropolitan France not to return to the overseas to avoid further spreading the coronavirus in these territories, during a press conference by Internet.
The minister also confirmed that the state of health emergency would apply well overseas, even if for the moment overseas territories are "not yet in stage 3" of the epidemic, with 88 cases identified in total Wednesday evening (only Wallis and Futuna and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon are not affected).
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Asked whether the Ultramarines living outside their territory could return to the overseas territories, Annick Girardin was clear: "I ask them not to do so, because that is also how the virus will spread in the territories ” .
She made the same request for overseas students currently in mainland France. “I heard their concerns about accommodation matters, all the Crous remain open. If the accommodation conditions in France are guaranteed, stay in France, it is better for everyone , "she insisted, because " you are potentially carrying the virus " .
As for those who live in the overseas territories and who are currently in mainland France, "we will help them to be able to return home" but "the fortnight is compulsory" for them upon their return and must be "very strict “ , Hammered Mrs. Girardin.
Overseas will not be completely isolated because the government will ensure "territorial continuity" , but "transport will slow down," she added.
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Overseas, "the cases tested are most often imported, either by cruises or by trips from areas where the virus was circulating" , she recalled. But "we have the beginning of a contamination of premises, of people who have not moved from overseas territories" .
"We have to be able to slow the spread as much as possible to prevent your health systems" from experiencing a "peak in demand" , she insisted.
The minister finally deplored that fear had "provoked in certain territories, in supermarkets in particular, unacceptable violent behavior", and "theft of products, such as gel and masks" .