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Deconfinement: the government recalls that the date of May 11 could be questioned

2020-05-03T09:20:44.733Z


The Minister of Health Olivier Véran assures him: the measure will come into force if the number of patients drops and if the confinement is respected until the end.


Warning against loosening compliance with containment measures, the government stressed on Sunday May 3 that the date of May 11 chosen to initiate the deconfinement of the country could be called into question if the number of new patients were to be too high.

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" If the confinement is respected until the end, the lid will have been put on the pan of the epidemic, and we will be able to gradually deconfinate under the best conditions ", explains the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran in an interview with the Parisian . " Otherwise, and if the number of new patients should be too high, the date of lifting of the confinement could be questioned and will be assessed according to the departments. "

This recall comes when the rate of transmission of the virus, the famous " R0 ", which had dropped to 0.5 thanks to the containment measures implemented since March 17, is going up between 0.6 and 0.7 . This reproduction rate of the virus represents the number of people that an infected individual infects. When it is less than 1, the epidemic recedes. Another signal: the latest data from the barometer of the Datacovid association with the Ipsos institute shows a slight decline in respect by the French for barrier gestures and an overall increase in the average time spent each day outside.

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Over the period from April 15 to 21, the survey conducted with a sample of 5,001 people indicates that compliance with barrier gestures remains at a high level but slightly down, writes Le Monde .

Caution

As of his presentation of the strategy of progressive and differentiated exit from containment, last Tuesday before the National Assembly, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe had stressed that the plan would depend on the evolution of the epidemic and mentioned a threshold of 3000 additional cases per day.

If, approaching May 11, say Thursday, May 7, it appeared that the number of new daily cases was not within the expected range; that we do not manage to break the too many chains of contamination, then we will have to draw the consequences ", he had said, and to continue:" I tell the French, if the indicators are not there , we will not deconfinate on May 11, or we will do it more strictly. "

The number of additional cases fell to an average of 1132 additional cases in 24-hour increments (+794 in the last daily report, Saturday evening), therefore within the limits set by the executive (3000 additional cases per day). On Saturday evening, the number of deaths increased by 166 additional deaths in the space of 24 hours, the smallest increase observed since March 22, reaching 24,760 deaths.

Precautions

The date of May 11 was revealed by Emmanuel Macron on April 13 on television. That evening, the president had already warned that " Monday, May 11 will only be possible if we continue to be civic, responsible, to respect the rules and if the spread of the virus has actually continued to slow ".

The publication since Thursday of maps presenting the departments in green, orange and red according to the circulation of the virus and the tension on the capacities in hospital resuscitation services could give the feeling of a controlled situation in certain parts of the territory.

The provisional deconfinement map INFOGRAPHY LE FIGARO

Aware of the risk, the executive is multiplying the precautions around these cards, indicating, like Olivier Véran, that they do not change " absolutely nothing in the confinement which remains necessary until May 11 ". " The French who see themselves living in a department which appears in green this evening should not consider that they could go out or take risks ", he claimed on Thursday evening on TF1.

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Source: lefigaro

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