“We can have as much hope as possible, but have to be as careful as necessary.” This is the Vaudois remix of Alain Berset’s famous mantra, and it is to the credit of Nuria Gorrite, President of the Council of State. Hope is already due to the pandemic figures, which were not even commented on during the government press briefing on Friday. The decline continues. Only one new positive case was confirmed between Wednesday and Thursday. The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized has been halved in twenty days, from 289 to 142. Twenty-seven Vaudois are in intensive care, compared to 62 on April 12.
Be careful, however, because deconfinement is now underway, with the risk that the figures will rebound. “The epidemic is not yet over,” said the socialist “gravely.” “We continue to circulate it between us without knowing it; and if we do not continue to comply with basic sanitary measures, then there is a great risk of seeing a second wave of contamination start. ” And to add: “The government is counting on everyone’s responsibility, but it will be attentive, and even severe, to fight against risky behavior.”
“Since Monday, no hairdressing salon has been forced to close”
Philippe Leuba, Minister of Economy of Vaud.
Minister of the Economy, Philippe Leuba has translated this into figures by referring to the checks already carried out on the territory by the Employment Service, the Lausanne Labor Inspectorate and the Suva. In total since March 23, this represents 1,950 visits to companies and industries that have been able to remain active, 60% of which are construction sites. Twenty-two had to be closed, and half of them were remedied in the hope that they could resume.
The inspectors notably pushed the door of 56 hairdressing salons, beauty salons and other nail shops, between last Monday, the date of their reopening, and Thursday. “Some corrections sometimes had to take place, but none were forced to close,” said the state councilor. They had seriously prepared for the resumption and had sufficient masks and hydroalcoholic solutions. “
In addition, the commercial police task force, which oversees food stores and garden centers, has carried out 2,179 inspections in the past six weeks. They led to fourteen denunciations to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, when for example a business had not put in place a security device. “We are probably one of the cantons that has carried out the most checks,” said Philippe Leuba. This is all to reassure the population, fight the spread of the virus and maintain trust between workers and customers of companies. ”
“The gradual lifting of semi-containment measures does not mean an immediate return to normal in public space, insists Nuria Gorrite. The police will continue to enforce the health standards in force. Only effective controls and social constraints for some time allow us to envisage returning to almost usual activities. ”
Created: 01.05.2020, 8:00 p.m.
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