Newsletter – The essentials of the news
Every morning, the news seen by Le Parisien–
8:48 a.m. Daily violence. On intra-family violence, Christophe Castaner ensures that complaints of domestic violence “have dropped by almost 39%” but “the calls to go to the home have increased by 40.9%, it’s enormous”, says- there on France Inter.
8:38 a.m. -9% deficit and -115% debt. This should be the French economic reality, “against 111-112 when we built the budget,” says Gérald Darmanin. “With Bruno Le Maire, we redid the budget twice in three weeks and added 110 billion to support the economy.”
8:36 a.m. One more. The Belfort Eurockéennes festival is canceled.
8:35 a.m. May 11, a goal. “Another month is still a long time,” and “it’s an objective,” insists Minister of Public Action Gérald Darmanin on France Info. “Like our European neighbors, we do not have absolute certainty,” he adds.
8:32 a.m. The more fragile the older than the older. “There is no question of age in frailty: as soon as there is a particular risk, pulmonary for example, contact must be avoided. So yes, the deconfinement is done in stages, with differences for the most fragile people ”, advances, still on France Inter, Christophe Castaner.
8:30 am. What about tests for all? Asked about the tests, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner believes that testing all French people “could meet media, but not medical, expectations”.
8:20 a.m. “The challenge of May 11”. The first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure wonders: “there are still too many unknowns and it is necessary that the government very quickly gives the elements which would make it possible to understand how this history can be executed in time”, demanded the deputy for Seine-et Marne on France Info TV. “For the moment, what I see is distrust, doubt and public speaking has been so discredited on the masks, on the tests, that concrete data is needed”, he said. argued.
8:10 a.m. Poland will start with the stores. Poland is likely to lift store restrictions first when it loosens up, government spokesman Piotr Muller said. “Decisions will take place tomorrow or the day after tomorrow on the future scenario that should be put in place,” he said on public radio.
8 hours. No deaths in China. Chinese health officials say they have not seen any deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
7.55 a.m. If you go to San Francisco… California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to make announcements this Tuesday on a decontainment plan, in coordination with the governors of neighboring states of Washington and Oregon.
7.45 a.m. Ugly crow. Samia, 43, a nurse in Rive-de-Gier, in the Loire, received a threatening letter, obviously anonymous, from a resident of her building. She will file a complaint. Her story to read here.
7.40 a.m. Unemployment could double in Australia. The Australian Ministry of Budget expects its unemployment rate to rise by 5 points in the second quarter, to around 10% due to the economic impact of the Covid-19. In total, 1.4 million inhabitants will be unemployed in June according to this projection, taking into account the closure of bars, restaurants and even sports halls.
7:35 a.m. The Cuban blockade in question. While Cuba has 726 cases of coronavirus, voices are rising to demand the lifting of the American embargo, which greatly complicates the shipment of medical products. According to the socialist government, a recent shipment of masks, test kits and respirators offered by the founder of the Chinese group Ali Baba could not reach Cuba, the American transporter having, according to him, dreaded sanctions of Washington.
7:30 a.m. Peruvian football fires. Deportivo Coopsol, a Peruvian second division club, dismissed all of its players and technicians on Monday because of the pandemic’s stoppage of championships. In Peru, containment has been total since March 16 and events bringing together the public should no longer be held throughout the year.
7.20am. Trump and “total” power. In an interview with reporters, the President responded to the governors (see below) by saying that he had the ultimate power to reopen the American economy, despite everyone’s constitutional powers. “When someone is president of the United States, authority is total, and that is how it should be. It’s total, “he said, adding that a reopening plan was being finalized.
7:17 a.m. Ten American governors united for deconfinement. The governors of three states in the west, including California, and seven in the east, including New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, want to coordinate their economic deconfinement gradually. The ten of them represent more than 100 million inhabitants. Nine of the ten governors are Democrats.
7:10 a.m. India confined until May 3. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just announced it. “Discussions with states and chief ministers lead to the conclusion that containment should be extended,” he said on television. National confinement has been in place since March 25.
7 hours. Reopening schools, a puzzle. Between the happy and the worried, or the skeptical, reopening schools will no doubt be complex.
6:55 a.m. 25 very poor countries helped. The IMF, the International Monetary Fund, will provide emergency aid to 25 of the world’s poorest countries to help them reduce their debt. The money will cover debt repayments to the IMF for six months and “allocate more of their meager resources to their medical emergency and aid efforts.”
6:50 a.m. Power 10. The new coronavirus is ten times more deadly than the virus responsible for the influenza A (H1N1) which appeared at the end of March 2009 in Mexico, indicated the world health authorities. They call for “slow” deconfinement.
6:40 a.m. Sad record. The new coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 117,752 people worldwide since its onset in December in China, according to an AFP count from official sources.
6:30 am. Fewer shea patients. The general direction of health announced last night that 6 821 people were in intensive care. The number therefore continues to fall.
6:20 a.m. What you must remember. Confinement, school… all of Emmanuel Macron’s responses to the coronavirus crisis are to be found in this article.
6.15 a.m. Hello and welcome to this live. For the 29th day of confinement, we will try to make you live the news of the coronavirus, good as bad news.
VIDEO. Containment: Schools to reopen from May 11, but not universities
VIDEO. Coronavirus: Emmanuel Macron extends containment until May 11
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