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Would it be effective to confine Paris for three weeks to eradicate the virus there?

2021-02-26T11:52:47.127Z


THE VERIFICATION - The town hall of Paris wants to put an end to the "half-measures" to find a "form of return to normal life" in the spring. Is it realistic?


THE QUESTION.

The town hall of Paris goes to war against "half measures".

Emmanuel Grégoire, Anne Hidalgo's first assistant, wants to strike fast and hard, in order to "be

able to find a form of return to normal life in the spring

".

The Parisian executive therefore submits its hypothesis: “

A harder confinement of three weeks

”, with the prospect of

“reopening everything”

with “

generalized reopening protocols

”.

It is therefore a Parisian version of the “zero Covid” strategy, implemented in Asian countries and in Oceania.

The goal is to lower the circulation of the virus to a drastically low level.

Thus, it would be easier to trace and isolate the cases to prevent the epidemic from flaring up, while allowing the resumption of social and cultural life.

Would this measure be effective, realistic and appropriate to the situation?

CHECKS.

Antoine Grégoire spoke Thursday, February 25 in the evening of a strict confinement of three weeks.

In his press conference,

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Source: lefigaro

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