The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, visited Thursday, October 15 a Covid screening center installed close to the Town Hall, before details expected Friday on the implementation of the covers -fire.
The head of government and the mayor of Paris, accompanied by the director of the Regional Health Agency, Aurélien Rousseau, and the regional prefect, Marc Guillaume, went to the former town hall of the 4th arrondissement, where antigen tests are carried out, allowing to have the result in half an hour.
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The mayor of Paris has deplored in recent days that antigenic tests are not deployed sufficiently in the capital.
In addition, Mr. Castex and Ms. Hidalgo spoke of "
the conditions for the implementation of the curfew
" in the capital, details of which are to be made public on Friday by the Paris police headquarters, in a statement.
While the head of state has instituted a curfew in Ile-de-France and in eight metropolises, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturday, the mayor of Paris pleaded with AFP for an exception to be made for live shows.
During the visit, the Prime Minister went to a crisis meeting at the AP-HP, during which he questioned the directors of Parisian hospitals and various officials on the means to be implemented, according to them, to "
Improve the attractiveness
" of hospital positions in order to recruit and retain staff.
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"
Transform me the French into French as wise as those in the great East!"
», Declared the AP-HP crisis medical director, Bruno Riou.
“
Couldn't we say that even Latins like our Italian friends behave differently from ours because they suffered much more in the first phase than we did?
», Added with a touch of humor, the Prime Minister.
When, Anne Hidalgo cut the debate short, believing that "
if we take the subject like that, we will not succeed
".
"
If we were to address citizens as responsible adults, rather than wanting to change them, we would certainly be able to find more effective solutions
," she added.