The government on Wednesday decreed the end of the Covid-19 state of health emergency in Guyana and Mayotte due to "the improvement in the epidemiological situation" in recent weeks.
During a Defense and National Security Council chaired by Emmanuel Macron, “we shared a positive observation: the fall in the epidemic continues” and “we have just lifted the state of health emergency in Guyana and in Mayotte,” said government spokesman Gabriel Attal after the Council of Ministers.
The decree issued by the Council of Ministers "puts an early end to this state of health emergency", which was declared on January 5, 2022 and extended until March 31, 2022.
"The peak has been reached and a sharp decline has begun"
In Guyana, "after a strong progression of the epidemic in January, the peak was reached and a sharp decline began", indicates the government.
The incidence rate had fallen by March 1 to 57 per 100,000 people, from 170 by February 15.
The White Plan has already been lifted and the prefect has put an end to the curfew measures.
In Mayotte, the improvement in the health situation led to the lifting of curfew measures on January 28, 2022, and by February 27, 2022, the rolling seven-day incidence rate had fallen to 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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On January 5, the government declared a state of health emergency in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Mayotte, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy, overseas territories where, under the effect of the Omicron variant, the circulation of Covid -19 was experiencing a "considerable increase".
For its part, Martinique has been in a state of emergency since December 8 and Reunion Island since December 27.
It was also declared on February 2 in New Caledonia.