Faced with the epidemic outbreak in Île-de-France, the president of the region, Valérie Pécresse, wishes to advance the school holidays to April 2, she told Paris Match, information confirmed by her entourage at
Le Figaro
.
In zone C, spring holidays should normally start on Saturday April 17 with a return to school on Monday May 3.
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The numbers of frequentation in transport have fallen too weakly, which means that the progression of teleworking remains very low
", we deplore.
The region's public transport ridership remains at 45%, against 53-55% before the tightening of measures on Saturday.
"Bring forward the holidays and see"
With this
"rapid braking measure"
, the goal is "to
bring the holidays forward and see
", indicates a source close to the president of the region.
"
Our goal is to avoid closing schools and playing on the calendar given the proximity of the Easter weekend
", April 3 and 4, we add.
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In Île-de-France, the health situation could not be more worrying.
According to the Regional Health Agency (ARS), deprogramming could soon reach 80% to reach 2,200 intensive care beds.
The incidence rate has soared to 551 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants on Saturday over the last seven days, well above the maximum alert threshold of 250.