It is one of the decisions that has aroused the most misunderstanding on the part of part of the population, as well as political figures. The department of Pas-de-Calais has been placed in confinement for the next four weekends, unlike Seine-Saint-Denis, while the incidence rates in these areas are very similar. Asked about this on Friday March 5, Olivier Véran provided details.
“The hospital health burden is not the same in the Hauts-de-France region and in Île-de-France”, explained the Minister of Health on BFMTV. Beyond this difference, which concerns one of the indicators for measuring the epidemic, Olivier Véran provided another clarification.
“And Seine-Saint-Denis is the whole of Île-de-France because there are such social interactions between one department in the Île-de-France region and another that set up measures on weekends in Seine-Saint-Denis would mean putting them in place throughout Île-de-France. However, if this could be discussed in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, in a number of neighboring departments, it was not essential at this stage, “he added.
Marine Le Pen steps up to the plate
It is not possible to confine a single department in the Paris region, as it can be done in the region, this is essentially the government’s explanation for this unequal treatment. But this did not convince Marine Le Pen, MP for Pas-de-Calais, who stepped up to the plate on Twitter: “Again a totally arbitrary decision! While the incidence rate is the same in #PasDeCalais and 93, the inhabitants of the first are confined while those of the second escape. Why ? The French no longer support these decisions without tail or head! “
Philippe Martinez, secretary general of the CGT, also pointed to RTL on Thursday, which in his opinion still represents an inconsistent decision by the government. But the latter, through Olivier Véran, indicated that he preferred to remain “still under active surveillance, in vigilance”. In parallel, it calls for massive testing, than to help people far from vaccination centers to access them. Efforts to “save more time on this virus and this epidemic”.
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