Overseas, the re-containment will only be applied in Martinique, a territory where the epidemic is increasing sharply, Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday, October 29, at a press conference.
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The President of the Republic had indicated Wednesday evening in his speech that if the reconfinement will take place throughout the national territory, "adaptations" were planned for overseas, taking into account epidemic situations sometimes different from that of the hexagon .
An epidemic out of step with the metropolis
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live an outbreak of coronavirus offset with the metropolis.
During the first wave, containment measures had been decided for the entire national territory, overseas included, while the overseas territories were then little affected by the epidemic.
This decision had been criticized, especially since certain territories had then been deconfined, always at the same time as the metropolis, while the epidemic arrived on their soil.
This was particularly the case of Guyana and Mayotte, particularly affected by the first epidemic wave, but out of time in France.
Currently, if certain territories - such as Guadeloupe, Martinique or Polynesia - are experiencing a second significant wave, others are for the moment less affected by this upsurge of the virus, such as Guyana, Mayotte or Reunion.
New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna, which have almost entirely closed their border and instituted drastic fortnights on arrival, are currently spared by the epidemic.
