These changes were expected.
As announced by Jean Castex on Thursday at a press conference devoted to Covid-19, five departments have already indicated that they will be subject from this Sunday to an advanced curfew at 6 p.m.
This is the
Bas-Rhin
, whose prefecture announced the measure on Friday morning, but also
Haut-Rhin, Allier, Cher and Côte-d'Or.
Haute-Savoie,
which was one of the departments that could also switch, finally announced that it was maintaining its curfew at 8 p.m.
A measure decided by the prefect, "in consultation" with the elected officials of the department, and with regard to the evolution of the health situation.
The State representative also called for "sustained vigilance in respecting barrier gestures".
Another department, among
Yonne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, will also
not line up on a 6 p.m. curfew, as indicated this morning Jean Castex during a visit to the Tarbes vaccination center, without specifying which one it was.
It is a priori the Yonne, which local elected officials welcomed on Twitter the maintenance of the curfew at 8 p.m., like Senator Dominique Verien.
Thank you Mr. @ Prefet89!
You have heard and relayed the request of elected officials from all sides.
Our curfew remains at 8 p.m.!
- Dominique Verien (@verienparent) January 9, 2021
These are "difficult but necessary measures", he said, in the face of "disputes" they arouse, especially in Marseille.
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These eight departments which will draw the curtain at 6 p.m. will therefore join fifteen others (Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardennes, Doubs, Jura, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Haute-Saône , Saône-et-Loire, Vosges, and the Territoire de Belfort), subject to this advanced curfew since January 2.
"At least until January 20"
In the rest of the country, it is always from 8 pm to 6 am that the measure applies, "at least until January 20," said the Prime Minister.
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The authorities warned that the number of departments affected by the curfew from 6 p.m. was changing depending on the local health situation.
Several indicators, including the incidence rate and that among those over 65, are taken into account and examined day after day.