The curfew introduced at 6 p.m. "does not sufficiently slow down" the spread of the Covid-19 virus to be "fully effective", said Gabriel Attal, the government spokesperson, at the end of the cabinet meeting on Wednesday. who followed a defense counsel.
“Different scenarios” are studied, from maintaining the curfew - “unlikely”, according to the spokesperson - to strict confinement.
The current framework "slows down the progression of the virus", but the latter "continues to progress" while "the variants are developing at a significant rate", he explained. Emmanuel Macron asked for “additional analyzes” on these different scenarios before making decisions, said Gabriel Attal.