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Covid-19: school, business ... the return to school of all dangers

2020-08-24T20:07:16.684Z


Faced with the acceleration of the resumption of the epidemic, the government has shaken up its agenda and must make the final touches on Tuesday.


The serenity with which Marc Leone went on vacation evaporated in a fraction of a second this Monday morning. In the intensive care unit that he heads at the North Hospital of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), as in the whole region, the number of patients with the most serious forms of Covid-19 continues to drop. 'increase. "In Paca, we have 45 patients in sheaves, including twelve since Wednesday," says the professor.

Closely watched by the executive, already the subject of several meetings, the situation in the Bouches-du-Rhône should be mentioned once again during the Defense Council convened this Tuesday morning by Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace. Some would only see a thrill. Marc Leone, the Israeli example in mind, takes it as a warning signal. “We see it abroad: a small rebound can become a new wave. "

In fact, every day there is a new “more” in France. No more clusters, like at the naturist camp at Cap d'Agde. More departments (38 now), called "vulnerable", because the virus is spreading too quickly. Will they be more numerous after the Defense Council? This mapping will once again be scrutinized, such as questions related to tests, masks or gauges of public gatherings.

On the eve of such a special return to school, this addition of clues increases the pressure on the executive, to the point that it has urgently changed its schedule. The presentation of the recovery plan was to mark the takeover of the government? It is ultimately for this Defense Council dedicated to Covid-19 that the head of government Jean Castex and the ministers concerned will return to the Elysee. "The risk, it is next Monday, when everyone goes back to work, observes a relative of the President. You really have to contain it upstream. "

A recovery ... masked, for employees, as for teachers and students. This is not without debate on the implementation and acceptance of this new constraint. The issues related to the free use of masks and their distribution to fragile and vulnerable people will also be on the table of the Defense Council. As for the health protocol for companies, it is still on the job. It is up to the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, to ensure that everything will be ready by September 1.

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Ditto for his counterpart from Education Jean-Michel Blanquer who has been receiving union organizations since Monday in order to refine the details of the recovery.

So there are only a few days left to “tie everything up”, as an adviser to the executive said. But also to do "pedagogy", according to the expression in force. In short: prevention communication with the French, many of whom still have their minds on vacation. Or to unanswered questions. What is at stake for the government? That his instructions be understood and accepted. This is, we admit at the Elysee, "a prerequisite for the activity to restart." Jean Castex has also planned to multiply the speeches. The Prime Minister will not stick to his interview on France Inter on Wednesday morning. He will also give a big briefing at a press conference the next day, which ministers could join.

"Switching from an extinction strategy to a control strategy"

Once again, it will be necessary to walk on "a ridge line": hammering the calls for vigilance, while some could bring the Covid-19 back in their luggage, without discouraging the resumption of activity, crucial while serious economic difficulties are emerging. "We must resume a normal life, but explain under what conditions we can do it to avoid a resumption of the epidemic", we summarize in Matignon.

Bruno Lina, member of the scientific council which directs the government on the Covid-19, assures him, "we must switch from a strategy of extinction to a strategy of control". A "change of dogma" which, according to him, involves the acceptance of wearing a mask. And of which this professor of virology made a mantra: "Let's learn to manage the risk".

Source: leparis

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