During the Paris Council meeting on Monday, the prefect of police, Didier Lallement took stock of the first week of deconfinement.
“The situation in hospitals is far from having returned to normal, even if it is improving day by day. Many deaths are still observed. As of Friday, the results showed 887 new cases, 21 new entries in intensive care and 77 deaths. Let's not let our guard down, ”recommended the prefect of police.
The reopening of shopping centers will wait
The representative of the State also welcomed the "significant discipline" of Parisians who respect the wearing of masks in public transport but also the measures to ban the consumption of alcohol which strike certain popular places night owls.
Regarding delinquency in free fall since March 17, "there has been no recovery," said the prefect of police. But mobile force units were mobilized in the North of the capital at the request of the mayor of Paris.
Concerning the closure until July 10 of the four shopping centers of more than 40,000 m2 - the Forum des Halles, Beaugrenelle and Italie II and of the two department stores - Printemps-Haussmann and Galeries Lafayette Haussmann (IXe) - the prefect of police said it was continuing "discussions with operators in relation to the government" for an early reopening. "The health measures envisaged are convincing," he admitted while respecting the rule. Their files must be reviewed on June 2.
Consensus for cycle paths
If the other businesses have been authorized to reopen, 7 hairdressing salons in the 10th arrondissement were closed last week by prefectural order due to a "too high concentration of people" and non-compliance with health regulations .
Finally, in terms of provisional cycle paths, almost all of the city's requests received the green light from the police headquarters. "700 meters are the subject of divergences but it is nothing compared to the 50 km envisaged", underlined the prefect.