French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday took strong action against France’s movements, following many other EU leaders, to alarming infection rates across the continent.
In an interview with two journalists at the Elyseo Palace, President Macron declared a physical state of emergency in France and announced a curfew in cities with the highest infection rates during an era of 4 to six weeks. Curfew starts on Saturday, October 17 and will last from nine o’clock at night. 6 a a. m. de in the afternoon. The cities involved are Paris, Aix / Marseille, Montpellier, Grenoble, Lyon, Lille, Rouen, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse.
The Telegraph reported that France had an overall infection rate of 14 days out of 293. 1 consistent with 100,000 and peaked on Saturday with more than 27,000 infections.
Aurélien Rousseau, director of the regional fitness firm in Paris, said the test positivity rate is now 17%, the figure never noticed: the infection rate consistent with 100,000 is 413.
The occupancy rate for hospital beds in Paris hospitals is 42%, but even more worrying is a commentary through Martin Hirsch, director of the Parisian hospital organization AP-HP, who told Le Parisien on Monday that within 10 days, the number of hospitals the beds would accumulate between 70 and 90% (out of a total of 1190 beds).
In the Netherlands, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the closure of bars and restaurants and the sale of alcohol is banned after 8 p. m. to restrict social exchanges. ” It will hurt us, but it’s the only solution,” Rutte told Le Monde. “We want to be stricter. “
In Italy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced new restrictions; Bars and restaurants cannot cater to visitors who are not seated after 9 p. m. , celebrations are prohibited and no more than 6 visitors are allowed in the house. Italy had the highest number of daily infections since April (4,619), but this figure is much lower than in France or Spain.
Schools have been closed in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and the EU in total is adopting a color-coded restriction system. As reported through the New York Times, countries will now be encoded in green, orange or red according to Covid-19 infection rates – green at the lower end of the risk, orange in the middle and red at the most sensitive end. Travel to Europe will be limited from red-coded countries.
The EU also seeks to speed up quarantine and testing between member countries and provide warnings when national regulations change, so that many visitors do not be left behind.