The health situation is still worrying in Martinique.
The prefecture of the island has therefore decided to extend the confinement and curfew, in force since July 30, by three additional weeks, i.e. until September 19 inclusive.
"The current health situation does not allow the lifting of the current measures", explained the prefect, Stanislas Cazelles.
To decide on this extension, he relied on the number of new cases of Covid-19 identified between August 16 and 22 - or 3,211 new cases - and on the situation in the hospital, which remains worrying.
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The waiting list for a place in intensive care is still very long despite a capacity increased from 20 to a hundred beds.
The incidence rate nonetheless fell over seven days to 875 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, against 1,200 per 100,000 inhabitants previously.
Delay the start of the school year?
This decision of the prefect comes when Pascal Jean, the rector of the academy, launched consultations on the advisability of maintaining the start of the school year on September 2.
The education unions like those of the parents of students have already requested a postponement of this return, even if it means readjusting the school vacation calendar.
On Tuesday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told BFMTV that this solution was "a possibility".
Covid-19: for Gabriel Attal (@GabrielAttal), delaying the start of the school year in Martinique and Guadeloupe "is a possibility" pic.twitter.com/9C85POseQJ
- BFMTV (@BFMTV) August 24, 2021
Serge Letchimy, president of the executive council of Martinique, had already decided, last week, to postpone the return of the community agents assigned to colleges and high schools, which was scheduled for August 23.
"Without the cleaning of these establishments, we do not see how the pupils will be able to carry out this re-entry", noted parents of pupils.
Martinique has recorded 405 hospital deaths due to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, including 162 between August 9 and 22.
Only 22.51% of inhabitants aged 12 and over have completed their vaccination course.
