Six days after the initiation of a curfew in nine large metropolises, the Covid-19 epidemic continues to spread in France, now threatening other territories. The government therefore wants to impose new restrictions in new departments. “This virus is an ocean liner, it takes time to move it“Said Gabriel Attal, government spokesman. Depending on the incidence rate, or the occupancy rate of intensive care beds, eleven departments have already been placed on maximum alert. But these indicators are now bad in 17 other departments.
They could also go on maximum alert Thursday, October 22. Among them, in Puy-de-Dôme, the metropolis of Clermont-Ferrand could be subject to a curfew according to its mayor. “In our territory, some of the people who are infected with the virus are so in so-called family, convivial situations.“, assures Olivier Bianchi, mayor PS of Clermont-Ferrand. According to the city council,”the curfew makes it possible to reduce these moments of meeting“. The curfew could also apply to Orléans (Loiret), Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), Dijon (Côte-d’Or) or Tours (Indre-et-Loire), cities where the incidence rate approaches or outright exceeds the maximum alert rate.
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