After the strategy, its modalities.
The day after Emmanuel Macron's announcement of a re-containment of the population, Prime Minister Jean Castex detailed Thursday, to the National Assembly, the new health restrictions decided by the executive in the face of the second wave of the epidemic of Covid-19.
A device submitted by the Prime Minister, during the day, to a debate and a non-binding vote to deputies and then to senators.
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● Wearing a mask compulsory from 6 years old in primary school
Unlike the first confinement, nurseries, primary schools, colleges and high schools will remain open, with a reinforced health protocol "
to ensure the protection of all children, teachers, parents of students
", said the Prime Minister in front of MPs.
From the start of the school year, on Monday, wearing a mask becomes compulsory for primary school children from the age of 6.
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● In the private sector, “five days out of five” teleworking
“
The use of telework must be as massive as possible
” during confinement, said Jean Castex.
"
In the private sector, all functions that can be teleworked must be done five days out of five,
" he said.
"
We must continue to work as much as possible, of course in protective sanitary conditions and while stopping the viral circulation
" because "
unemployment and poverty can also kill
", added the head of government.
This new rule will be included in the national company protocol.
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● Exceptional certificates for those for whom teleworking is not possible
"
The construction sector must continue to work, our factories must function and the farmers must continue to operate,
" said Jean Castex.
Before recalling that post offices and public service counters will remain open.
● Markets, parks and gardens will remain open
The markets, parks and public gardens will remain open, unless the prefectural decision is to the contrary, the government spokesman said earlier on RTL.
"
There may be, as in the context of the first confinement, a prefectural decision in the event that things do not go well, but the principle is that the markets can be open,
" he said.
Florists will be able to stay open until Sunday, All Saints Day.
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● Culture companies closed, rehearsals allowed
Events, cinema and performing arts companies
“will be closed”
while the confinement is taking place, said the Prime Minister, convinced that suspending these activities
“is very painful, but necessary to ensure the effectiveness”
of anti-measures. Covid.
But
"the preparatory work for the shows"
,
"the rehearsals"
,
"the recordings"
and
"the shootings"
are however authorized
"in order to prepare the activities of tomorrow".
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● At the university, practical work maintained under certain conditions
As during the first confinement, the universities will be closed.
All lectures and tutorials will be done remotely, with the exception of "
practical work may, under specific conditions
".
● A new amending finance bill adopted on Wednesday
To face the continuing health and economic crisis, the Prime Minister announced that a new amending finance bill will be adopted on Wednesday in the Council of Ministers.
It will provide "
an envelope of 20 billion euros additional to finance
" economic support measures.
● "We had anticipated the second wave"
"
We had anticipated
" the second wave of the epidemic, but "
no country had foreseen that it would accelerate in such a sudden and brutal way
", underlined Jean Castex, at the opening of the debate.
"
I have never stopped calling for vigilance,
" he insisted.
"
Some who tell us today that we should have acted, and harder, or that we were not doing enough, claimed at the time that we were doing too much
."
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● A peak in hospitalization in November “higher than in April”
"
We will have to manage in November a peak of hospitalization higher than in April last,
" warned the Prime Minister.
"
The virus is accelerating, we must also accelerate
", he said, specifying that "
today, 60% of intensive care beds are occupied by Covid patients, that is to say twice as many as there are 15 days.
"
● "Do not give the spectacle of a permanent division"
"
The democratic debate is free, but let us take care not to give the spectacle of a permanent division and incessant controversies
", launched the Prime Minister, echoing the call for
"unity"
launched the day before by Emmanuel Macron .
“
We must all rise to the occasion.
The ordeal that strikes us is unprecedented.
We must become one;
We make the choice of life and solidarity, because it is the only one that is essential
”, he concluded.
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