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Fronde of restaurateurs, anger of elected officials… Olivier Véran in minefield in Marseille

2020-09-25T18:23:49.184Z


The Minister of Health met this Friday afternoon with the hospitalists of the Marseille city to demonstrate the usefulness of the drasti measures


Cafetiers and restaurateurs who had already demonstrated earlier in the morning by the hundreds in front of the entrance gates of the La Timone hospital and agents of the Public Assistance-Hospitals of Marseille (AP-HM) asking for "means" inside… the Minister of Health was expected by two reception committees on Friday afternoon during his visit to Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

If the sling continues among the local elected officials and the cafeterias and restaurateurs who will have to draw their curtains for a fortnight from this Saturday, Olivier Véran came to seek the support of the hospital, by appearing at their side after visiting a intensive care unit already close to engorgement.

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While a dozen CRS trucks were parked in front of the IHU of neighboring Professor Didier Raoult, Olivier Véran hammered in the presence of the epidemiologist and member of the scientific council Arnaud Fontanet that "these measures are necessary, they are temporary, but they are not arbitrary ”.

"My only objective is to protect the Marseillais"

“My only objective is to protect the Marseillais.

The epidemiological situation remains worrying.

The number of Covid patients and resuscitations will increase in the coming weeks ”, solemnized the minister who presented himself as son and grandson of Marseillais by denying any special regime for the city.

"There are other metropolises, other departments, where the epidemic pressure continues to increase, which could lead us to apply the same type of measure".

"The improvement, we do not see it coming to intensive care," confirms Professor Lionel Velly.

"Without the perfect collaboration between public and private, we would already be the disaster".

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Health arguments that are clearly struggling to pass: the Union of Trades and Hospitality Industries (UMIH) of Bouches-du-Rhône and other professional organizations invited to meet the Secretary of State for SMEs Alain Griset in the prefecture to evoke the accompanying measures slammed the door.

Some restaurateurs are now threatening not to respect the ban and several mayors of the department have asked their municipal police not to intervene.

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LR president of the region Paca Renaud Muselier confirmed for his part that he would take legal action against the prefectural decree as soon as it is published.

Even the LREM deputies of Bouches-du-Rhône signed a letter to alert on a "climate of mistrust" and ask for the reassessment of the health situation after a week instead of two.

Source: leparis

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