Despite the reinforced curfew, and while the executive is trying to keep the epidemic under control, the French should be able to move normally during the February holidays which are approaching ... Except in the event of an explosion of contaminations.
Asked about RMC / BFMTV on Tuesday, the Minister for Housing, Emmanuelle Wargon, explained that there was, "
for the moment, no traffic restriction
" in the program.
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"
Holidays can take place,
" she added, while immediately qualifying her remarks: "
our decisions change every day, every few days, as the virus evolves
".
"
Things can always evolve
", caution is therefore required as the health situation remains fragile, considered the minister.
The restrictions could change, especially in the event of the establishment of a third confinement.
On Monday evening, the government confirmed that ski lifts will not reopen at ski resorts in February, but uncertainty remains as to the length of the upcoming school holidays.
On France Inter, at the end of January, the government spokesperson estimated that it was
"obviously possible to think about extending the holidays on one side or the other"
.
“All the scenarios are on the table, nothing is excluded,”
said Gabriel Attal.
Words tempered by the Minister of National Education: Jean-Michel Blanquer considered that it would first be necessary
"to demonstrate that school holidays are less contaminating than the school period"
.
“It is not a given.
I see that when you return from the All Saints' Day holidays, like the Christmas holidays, you have an epidemic curve that rises in the ten days that follow, ”
he noted.
