“
It would be necessary to reconfine from December 26.
"Professor Djillali Annane, head of the intensive care unit at Raymond Poincaré hospital in Garches, called on Monday, December 21 among our colleagues in France info to apply on Boxing Day a third confinement in France, while a new variant of the virus discovered in the south of the United Kingdom raises fears of a strong resumption of the epidemic.
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"
It would be necessary on a medical and health level to reconfine from December 26, like many of our neighbors, to put a lid on the virus and to start again with the decrease in the number of contaminations,
he said. declared.
We are emerging from the high plateau in which we had been for 15 days, upwards and not downwards.
The worst is ahead of us,
”he lamented.
“
The sooner we are
(confined)
, the faster we will find a normal life.
"
If we wait to take this measure, we will postpone by two or three months the time when we will resume living normally,
" he also explained.
Fear of the mutant
Regarding the variant detected in the United Kingdom, the professor believes there too that "
the best way to prevent this mutant from taking the place of the original version of the virus is to confine to cut it short immediately
", and to apply a containment similar to "
that of spring
", "
because it is the only way to reduce the number of contamination below 5000 cases
".
The target of 5,000 cases was announced by Emmanuel Macron during a presidential address at the announcement of the second French confinement.
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The professor reiterated his call on Tuesday, December 22, with our colleagues from BFMTV, going even further in the objectives to be achieved.
"
I recommend that we all make the difficult effort of a strict re-containment on December 26, for a month, so as to allow to come back
(below the threshold)
of 1000 cases per day.
This will allow us to almost control it once and for all
”.
Djillali Annane is not the only one to call for a reconfinement.
The mayor of Reims Arnaud Robinet wished him such a device from December 25.
“
The situation is not over.
There are concerns about going back to school with the children, about the economic recovery as well.
We think of coffee makers and restaurateurs.
It takes frankness.
Let the French spend Christmas with their families and reconfine from December 25 or 26, until the start of the school year at first
, ”he said on France Info this Tuesday, December 22.
“
The neighboring countries of France are currently reconfiguring which proves that there is no miracle solution.
In view of what is happening in the Grand Est
,
I propose to reconfine either on a territorial basis or at the national level.
"
Gabriel Attal, government spokesman, for his part swept away the rumors by asserting on RTL Monday morning that it was not necessary "
not to put in the optics of having a reconfinement in January, otherwise it means that it there is no point in making efforts.
"
Contamination figures in France have been on the rise for several days.
According to the latest weekly update from Public Health France, 79,787 new cases were detected from December 7 to 13, against 72,516 the previous week, an increase of 10%.
In total, 60,900 people have died in France from Covid since the epidemic.