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Covid-19: "improving situation" in Moselle

2021-03-02T14:46:44.336Z


The health situation in Moselle, strongly affected by the Covid-19, is " improving ", said the prefect, Laurent Touvet on Tuesday, March 2, while new measures imposed by Berlin to cross the border to Germany entered into force. Read also: Covid-19: Moselle ulcerated by German restrictions “ The situation has stabilized at a high level, with some encouraging signs. Our incidence rate (...) peaked


The health situation in Moselle, strongly affected by the Covid-19, is "

improving

", said the prefect, Laurent Touvet on Tuesday, March 2, while new measures imposed by Berlin to cross the border to Germany entered into force.

Read also: Covid-19: Moselle ulcerated by German restrictions

The situation has stabilized at a high level, with some encouraging signs.

Our incidence rate (...) peaked a week ago at 315 per 100,000 inhabitants and over the past week, this rate has fallen: it was

(Monday)

evening of 284

”, Touvet indicated during a press conference.

It is about a "

slow but continuous decline

", he underlined, evoking a "

situation in the process of improvement

" in the department, "

even if it is only a beginning and that it you have to be very careful in interpreting these first signs

”.

The Moselle, which received 30,000 vaccines, carried out 80,000 injections (61,000 people received the first dose, 19,000 both), including 37% of over 75s, he further detailed.

The prefect, who observed a few gatherings last weekend near takeaway food outlets, has also decided to ban alcohol consumption on public roads in cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants, already measuring taken in neighboring Meurthe-et-Moselle and which could come into force "

from Wednesday

" in Moselle, he added.

Germany has classified the Moselle as a “

high traffic zone

” for the South African and Brazilian variants of Covid-19 and has imposed in particular since Tuesday for each border crossing a negative test of less than 48 hours.

Asked about this subject, Touvet considered it "

very, very restrictive

", especially for French border workers.

The French authorities are doing everything to minimize these constraints, he said, explaining that the German Land of Saarland had been "

receptive

", in particular by distributing 100,000 tests to German companies employing French people.

"

We are working (...) to increase the capacity of antigenic tests in pharmacies in the border strip

" and in addition to offer "

test points to be set up this weekend

", also indicated the general manager of the Grand Est Regional Health Agency (ARS), Virginie Cayré.

People who will be tested in France after 6 p.m., so during the curfew, will not be fined, said Laurent Touvet.

Source: lefigaro

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