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In Guadeloupe, incidents on the first day of the indefinite general strike against anti-Covid measures

2021-11-16T07:57:08.058Z


The first day of the general strike against health measures in Guadeloupe was peppered with incidents. Two firefighters protesters o


Two firefighters who demonstrated against the vaccine obligation and the health pass in Guadeloupe were injured and two people were arrested during the first day of the indefinite general strike.

Clashes pitted striking firefighters and gendarmes, who charged before being targeted by jets of water hoses handled by firefighters.

“Two firefighters were injured” during this clash, said Jocelyn Zou, FO union representative of the trade.

Other incidents between strikers and the police gave rise to two police custody for "repeated threats to a law enforcement officer," said the Pointe-à-Pitre prosecutor's office.

Maïté Hubert M'Toumo, general secretary of the General Union of Workers of Guadeloupe (UGTG), a very influential union on the island, described these arrests as “provocation”.

She denounced in a press release "a serious attack on a fundamental freedom that is the right to strike" and she called on "all members and activists to strengthen the picket lines".

In addition, at the call of the union, employees of several establishments in the medico-social sector have gone on strike, as have employees of many hotels while the tourist season is underway.

End of state of emergency

Throughout the day more or less ephemeral dams were erected.

"It will rise crescendo", launched Jocelyn Zou.

“We are between 70 and 75% unvaccinated.

Except that to ensure the minimum service, we are requisitioned by subpoenas.

We do not understand why there, not being vaccinated does not pose a problem, ”he quipped.

In this context, several gas stations were closed by demonstrators, and many motorists stormed those that remained open for fear that the strike would have an impact on the fuel supply.

This strike comes when the state of health emergency has ceased to apply in the territory of Guadeloupe since midnight. After having suffered a murderous fourth wave, the archipelago is now experiencing a "rather stable" epidemic situation, Valérie Denux, the director general of the Regional Health Agency (ARS), indicated during the press conference on Wednesday 10 November. . From November 1 to 7, 2021, "166 new positive cases were detected in the territory", down from the previous week.

This end of the state of emergency means the end of the curfew and the increase in gauges in establishments open to the public. From now on, indoor and outdoor sports establishments, meeting, performance or multipurpose rooms can accommodate the public subject to a physical distance of at least one meter between two people, i.e. one seat in two except for members of the same family. Wearing a mask remains compulsory. Sales stores and shopping centers are required to respect a minimum surface area of ​​four square meters for each customer received. In addition to calm the discontent of healthcare workers, the government announced that free Covid-19 screening tests until December 6.A postponement for the vaccination obligation of caregivers was also decided until the end of the year.

Source: leparis

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