“We must do it”. The day after the curfew has been extended to 54 departments, French President justifies his decision, resigned. A week after implementing these restrictions in order to halt the second Covid-19 epidemic wave, the scenario of a tougher curfew or even generalized re-containment is being brought back so much the threat is growing.
According to Emmanuel Macron, “today, it’s too soon to say if we are heading to local or larger re-containments” the head of state says in a press conference on Friday October 23, 2020 evening after visiting the René-Dubos hospital in Pontoise, Val-d’Oise. As hospitals are almost overwhelmed in Paris, facing the flux of new Covid cases, the President sticks – so far – to the extension of curfew to 54 departments in France, as announced 24 hours before by his Prime Minister.
Therefore, President Macron does not miss the occasion to recall the urgent aspect of resilience. “In the phase we are, we have no choice given the number of daily infections but reduce our social life as much as possible if we really want to save our health system and fellow citizens” he says. Then, he urged the French to “be one with the medical staff” in the fight against the spread of Covid-19. In France, 42,000 new cases in 24 hours set a new daily record.
