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"Tightening the screw is inevitable": faced with Covid-19, the government is still raging

2020-10-08T19:51:25.576Z


Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Grenoble and Lille have switched this Thursday evening in the camp of the cities most affected by the virus, with new


At the end of last week, he dreaded it.

Monday, he had no more doubts: the placement of Saint-Etienne on “maximum” alert was only a matter of days.

"Our resuscitation beds were filling up, the incidence was increasing and the projections were alarmist, even very alarmist", summarizes Professor Guillaume Thiéry, head of the intensive medicine - resuscitation service.

Thirteen of its twenty beds are occupied by Covid patients, some of whom are in their forties and no medical history.

The day foreseen by the doctor therefore arrived this Thursday evening.

In addition to the capital of the Loire, the Minister of Health announced during his now traditional weekly meeting, the passage to the maximum alert level of the cities of Lyon, Grenoble and Lille.

These four metropolises join Guadeloupe, Aix-Marseille, Paris and its inner suburbs.

Consequences: from Saturday, they should know in turn the closure of bars and the strengthening of the health protocol in restaurants (no more than six people at the same table, register of contact details).

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"Tightening the screw is inevitable," is convinced Jean-Paul Stahl, professor of infectious diseases at the CHU of Grenoble, the hospital where Olivier Véran worked before becoming Minister of Health.

In this very university city (several clusters are linked to it), there are 280 cases of Covid per 100,000 inhabitants, well beyond the critical threshold of 250. In Lille, just a few minutes after the government announcements, the mayor ( PS) Martine Aubry, considered “totally justified” the passage in maximum alert.

The best in several cities and departments

It must be said that Emmanuel Macron's statement this Wednesday evening on France 2 left little doubt about the outcome of this day.

"We must move towards more restrictions", launched the president in the direction of areas where the virus is spreading at high speed V. A small reprieve is granted to Toulouse and Montpellier.

The worsening of an already tense situation could lead to restrictive measures by Monday morning.

Dijon and Clermont-Ferrand see, them, a strengthening of their alert rating.

With its 18,000 new cases and nearly 10% of positive tests, "the health situation continues to deteriorate", explained this Thursday Olivier Véran, who called for "accountability": "we each hold a share victory, ”insisted the minister.

And yet, in this flood of unsafe news, good news has also emerged.

Among them, Nièvre and Morbihan which "leave the departments classified in zone of alert" to return close to the 29 territories in which there are - to date - no particular concerns.

A "positive inflection" is also to be noted in Nice, Bordeaux or even Aix and Marseille, the two cities where local elected officials have indicated that they had little taste for the restrictions imposed by Paris.

The best that could lead to "good news" next week, said the minister, while remaining cautious.

And which shows that we can also raise our heads from the water.

Salvator while the boss of the Ile-de-France regional health agency says he fears "a very strong tide" in the region.

A high tide which everyone hopes that the measures taken will allow it to return to low, as quickly as possible.

Source: leparis

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