The objective, he insists, is to "do everything to avoid national confinement".
Prime Minister Jean Castex this Saturday asks the prefects of the 20 departments where the Covid-19 epidemic threatens to flare up to strengthen the controls of the measures in force, including curfews.
The head of government calls on the prefects to "conduct in-depth consultations and take immediate measures: strengthening of controls on the measures implemented, optimization of the vaccination campaign, deployment of saliva tests in schools and compliance with directives relating to teleworking ”, details Matignon.
"Adopt territorial measures"
The Prime Minister made these requests during a videoconference bringing together the prefects as well as the directors general of the regional health agencies of the departments concerned.
As he had tweeted previously, Jean Castex, with Interior Ministers Gérald Darmanin and Health Ministers Olivier Véran, recalled the government's objectives to "do everything to avoid national confinement and adopt territorialized measures".
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The discussions focused on "local epidemiological situations, the organization of consultations with local elected officials and the first trends that emerge," adds Matignon, without specifying who from the government or the prefects would communicate on any new measures. restrictive.
Curfew at 6 p.m. during the week like the rest of the territory but also all weekend ... to curb the epidemic, Nice and Dunkirk on Saturday inaugurate a new variant of health restrictions that threatens other large cities and departments, including 'Île-de-France, if the situation deteriorates.
