One year almost to the day after the first confinement of the country, the threat of new confinement hangs over the regions where the virus is actively circulating.
In Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, the health situation and the occupancy rate of beds in intensive care units are of particular concern to the executive.
"The government stands ready"
to further tighten the restrictions, repeated the Prime Minister, throughout the weekend, during which Jean Castex increased the number of visits to vaccination centers and to caregivers.
Containment is not taboo, containment is not automatic, it must be justified
Jérôme Salomon, Director General of Health
For his part, the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, attended Sunday the evacuation of two patients from Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) to Bordeaux, at Orly airport.
Because to avoid a confinement that the President of the Republic considers as the solution of last resort, the executive relies on the deprogramming of operations, medical evacuations, and an acceleration of the vaccination.
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