The French government has announced a new COVID-19 alert formula that will force the town of Marseille to impose strict new restrictions, adding the closure of all bars and restaurants.
The largest city in France at the time has had one of the highest rates of coraonavirus cases in the country in the last two months. The local medical government sounded the alarm and pleaded with citizens to take more precautions, but hospitals in the city reported that the beds they had set aside for COVID. Cases had become overcrowded in recent weeks.
The local government had already made the mask mandatory and imposed a curfew in the bars, prompting many grunts among the residents. The latest announcement through the national government is inevitably unpleasant.
“Let’s be clear, the stage continues to deteriorate,” Health Minister Olivier Véran said Wednesday at a press conference, according to the local. “There’s still time to act. ” If we act quickly, we run the risk of reaching critical thresholds in some regions . . . and great tension in hospitals in many regions».
Véran has announced a new alert formula that includes five colors: green (low risk), pink (alert), red (enhanced alert), dark red (maximum alert), and (emergency status).
Dark or dark areas face new restrictions.
For all 11 locations in the red category, the bars will have a curfew at 10 pm, public meetings will have to be 10 other people or less, visits to nursing homes will be limited and gyms will have to close. several of the largest cities in France, in addition to Toulouse, Paris, Lyon, Lille and Nice.
Only 2 zones fall into the dark red category: Gaudeloupe and Marseille. These unfortunate spaces will have to close bars and restaurants.
Local officials have until this weekend to develop plans to enact those closest to them and inform citizens about the new rules. Among the classes to be clarified: two-week closures may be prolonged depending on the rate of COVID cases.
Beyond bars and restaurants, all other public spaces will have to adopt drastic sanitary regulations or face closure.
I am an American journalist in Toulouse, France, and I write about technology, travel, culture, politics and entertainment. Before I settled in France in 2014, I spent 15
I am an American journalist founded in Toulouse, France, and I write about technology, Array culture, politics and entertainment. Before moving to France in 2014, I spent 15 years covering Silicon Valley for the Los Angeles Times and The San Jose Mercury News. I also run the French website Carrefour.