No more falsely relaxed big interviews.
Faced with the gravity of the second wave,
"probably harder, more deadly than the first"
, Emmanuel Macron resumed, Wednesday evening, with the exercise of the presidential address.
And the bad news that goes with it.
Installed in the Salle des Fêtes of the Élysée Palace, the Head of State confirmed that he had decided
"to find, from Friday, the confinement which stopped the virus, (...) until December 1 at less "
, in order to
" put a brutal brake on contaminations ",
to reduce their number from 40,000 to 5,000.
" Whatever we do, 9,000 patients will be in intensive care in mid-November.
We are organizing ourselves to face it ”,
assured the President of the Republic, while the capacity will be increased to 10,000 resuscitation beds.
"Stay at home as much as possible, respect the rules"
, asked the President of the Republic.
This
"adapted" device
will come into force at midnight on the night of Thursday to Friday, and will be reviewed
"every fortnight"
.
As in spring, the French will have to justify their exit.
"It is the return of the certificate,"
announced the head of state.
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While a tolerance is expected this weekend, in order to allow time for vacationers to return to their homes after their All Saints holidays, the executive has decided to leave schools, colleges and high schools open, with a protocol reinforced sanitary.
On the other hand, faculties and universities will have to provide their courses by videoconference for the coming month.
As for companies,
“teleworking will be generalized”
if the professions allow it.
Incompatible sectors may however continue to welcome their employees face-to-face.
"The economy must neither stop nor collapse,"
insisted the head of state.
“In March, people were afraid, and everything stopped overnight: the building sites, everything.
We have to avoid this paralysis, ”
blows someone close to the president.
Partial unemployment is renewed for employees and employers.
Ridge path
Emmanuel Macron also insisted that all public services can continue their activities.
Private meetings will be excluded, public gatherings prohibited.
As for the elderly and vulnerable, they are invited to observe even stricter confinement than all the others.
Visits to nursing homes and retirement homes remain possible, cemeteries remain open.
Finally, to avoid having to close the borders, the strategy of massively testing will be reinforced: it is planned to deploy a very large number of them in stations, ports and airports.
"No traveler will be able to return to French soil if we are not sure that he is not carrying the virus,"
said Emmanuel Macron.
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Before speaking, the President of the Republic had consulted several of his relatives to probe them on the messages to be conveyed.
And on the tone to adopt.
“
It takes a lot of solemnity, but you have to succeed in reassuring at the same time.
In fact, we must find a crest path between Emmanuel Macron “we are at war” and Emmanuel Macron “happy days”,
”warned an intimate, who helped him prepare his intervention.
A few hours earlier, Emmanuel Macron had convened his entire government - part of which by videoconference - for a Council of Ministers.
Without pronouncing the word
"containment"
, the president warned of
"very restrictive and restrictive measures to come"
.
“Everyone is aware of the gravity of the situation.
If we don't take these steps, we will have to triage the ICU patients.
Around 5-10 October, something happened in Europe, ”
realizes a member of the government.
