With nearly 200,000 people diagnosed, the United States is now the area most affected by the pandemic.
One metropolis, in particular, is of particular concern: New York. The Big Apple is facing spectacular containment measures.
“the city which is usually so dynamic, is dead, almost everything is closed” Daniel, Franco-German who lives in New York
Daniel, Franco-German who has lived there for 10 years and has known in particular the many and terrible storms that the city regularly suffers is worried, and sad: “The city which is usually so dynamic is dead, almost everything is closed. Above all, we see that the authorities are not ready and have not sufficiently anticipated this disaster. Obviously New York, because of its density, especially in Manhattan, is particularly prone to this kind of disaster, like Hong Kong or the metropolises of Brazil I suppose ”.
A health disaster but also an economic one in perspective
Beyond the current health crisis, which also affects the 35,000 French people in the city, just like those of Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, it is also an economic disaster which is underway. After the collapse of Wall Street, today the entire economy is paralyzed. Daniel tells us “I work in fashion and frankly we’ll get over it I think, but you think of hotels? To those who work in airports? The factories are at a standstill, and above all, many people here have no health coverage and no possibility of not working, it’s a health crisis, but also an economic one, and so many people will find themselves in a crisis. total precariousness… ”.<!– –>
“Sirens, ambulances and the police, give a scary spectacle for all New Yorkers” Pascale Richard, representative of LREM in New York
Pascale Richard, deputy of the deputy Roland Lescure and candidate LREM in the constituency of New York testified to francais.press: “the sirens, ambulances and the police, give a scary spectacle for all New Yorkers”.<!– –>
Ms. Richard also told us about the Consulate which struggles day and night to help compatriots there, and also of the French Lycée in New York which, like many others, has set up an online course system in this person. containment.
Several problems: students whose universities are closed and who have to leave their university residences. Another dramatic situation that Mrs Richard told us about, that of certain entrepreneurs: “they lose their activity overnight, and have to lay off workers, in a country which does not have a technical unemployment system”.<!– –>
Ms. Richard reminds us: “the United States is a country of contrasts, and many risk remaining on the road, unfortunately including French people from the United States”. Ms. Richard and the majority have put in place a platform to help our compatriots.
Pandemic outbreaks in Washington, Las Vegas …
In Washington, Olivier Piton, consular adviser, describes the situation and the atmosphere there: “Containment was put in place very recently, Wednesday morning in the District of Columbia and the day before in the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia”.<!– –>
As in Europe, there is a ban on travel except for impossible work outside of telework, food shopping, health care, and for those who take care of their loved ones.
The situation is not the same in all states. In Pennsylvania, some counties have yet to implement lockdown.<!– –>
Mr. Piton, who keeps a daily watch for all those who request it among the French in the constituency, tells us about several concerns: tuition fees and the impact of online education, health costs, particularly important problem in a country which has 28 million people who do not have health coverage and among them the French, and the question of companies and their particularly precarious situation. Concerns thus shared by the various consular representatives.
The federal state has developed a gigantic plan of several trillions of dollars to support the economy.<!– –>
“VSEs / SMEs will also benefit,” says Mr. Piton.
In Las Vegas, casino hotels are all closed, a disaster for the city
<!– –>In Las Vegas and since March 18, all casino hotels are closed. A disaster for the gaming capital who almost lives off that. Impossible to telework when you are a croupier, cleaning lady, receptionist, security guard. Grégory Chochon, French who co-directs the equivalent of the world poker championships, still cannot believe it, and has never seen it in 6 years in “Vegas”.
Let’s come back to the problems of those who want to return, as in many areas around the world, those of French people stranded in place who wish to return to France: the American sky is almost completely closed, a situation unprecedented since September 11. However, it is still possible to find vols
For the Alliances Françaises, the situation is also tense. They are closed, but offer online courses such as those of The Angels , New York , San Francisco , the New Orleans<!– –>
An unprecedented situation for America too, at all levels and gradually throughout the country.
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