Illustration of the doors of the Pontchaillou CHU in Rennes, where information messages relating to the coronavirus epidemic have been posted. – C. Allain / 20 Minutes
After the general call for containment, it’s time for crisis mobilization. In a letter addressed to the inhabitants of the department, the prefect of
Morbihan called on companies to “reopen” during this period of fight against
coronavirus. In his letter, Patrice Faure addresses all the vital forces of the department, inviting them to ”
continue their activity, even partially ” The reason ? “Avoid the worst recession of the century,” according to the prefect.
Concerned very early on by the spread of Covid-19, the Morbihan department committed itself in mid-March to an increasingly strict confinement. Class
as “active traffic area” of the virus, the territory of southern Brittany has probably followed President Macron’s instructions to the letter. A bit too much ? This is the feeling of the prefect who believes that “the instructions have been overinterpreted” and evokes the closure of “many companies which were neither subject to prohibitions, nor by the support mechanisms of public authorities”.
The prefect therefore calls on these companies to reopen in compliance with the law and with barrier measures. To justify his injunction, the prefect refers to the need “to ensure the country’s economic continuity”. “Our economy must not stop,” said the state official.
In Morbihan, 134 cases of coronavirus were recorded Thursday evening. A stable figure over 24 hours, a first since the start of the epidemic. For several weeks and well before the national instructions, schools have been closed in the Auray and Carnac regions, where the virus was actively circulating.
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