The milestone of 10,000 deaths worldwide was crossed on Friday. Italy, which does not manage to stem the advance of the coronavirus, will deploy the army in Lombardy - the region most affected - to make more respect the confinement. And during this time, too many French people, deaf to the instructions, free themselves from all caution. When they do not take advantage of the situation to enrich themselves through scams at the expense of the most vulnerable.
The number of patients is now estimated at 20,000 in our country and hospitals are inevitably approaching saturation. Some 372 people have already lost their lives.
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Indiscipline jeopardizes the health measures decreed to slow the progression of the virus. Quays, beaches, markets, tourist sites, remain very crowded, which creates crowded conditions conducive to infection. However, the crisis has only just begun, and it is now certain that the confinement of fifteen days will have to be prolonged - epidemiologists suggest a minimum duration of six weeks. "It's a speed race started with the virus, but even as we are at the start, we need to keep a lot of responsiveness," the president said on Friday during a visit to the cell. interministerial crisis. The day before, Emmanuel Macron recalled: “Everyone must already respect the rules. When I see people who go to the park, who gather, who go to the beach or who flock to the open markets, it is because they did not understand the message. ”
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On the strength of this observation, the Minister of the Interior indicated on Friday that the containment measures "would be applied more strictly" , recalling that it is not a question of punishing "but of also protecting those who have these behaviors" . He said there would be no national curfew, but that he "would support local initiatives such as that of the mayor of Nice, which provides for a partial curfew on all of its common. "
"Carefree behavior"
The authorities are therefore showing more and more drastic measures to restrict comings and goings. In Paris, the Prefecture of Police prohibits certain very frequented places. From this Friday and during the weekend, "all movement and assembly are prohibited on the banks of the banks located on the right and left banks of the Seine, on the lawns of the Esplanade des Invalides, as well as on the Champ-de- March. Only residents living in the immediate vicinity of the places concerned are authorized to deviate from the ban, but under very strict conditions: they must justify this quality by any means ” . In Drôme, the prefect Hugues Moutouh has taken similar measures, prohibiting until March 31 "access to public parks, walks, forest areas, hiking areas" , as well as access "to the pathways of river banks , (…) Artificial water bodies and play areas ”.
In addition, in Paris, Lyon and Bayonne, in particular, homeless people were fined (135 euros) for non-compliance with confinement. Humanitarian associations demand that these verbalizations cease, which one can wonder about the dissuasive virtues, in the case of poor mothers who are totally destitute.