Another national lockdown is the worst-case scenario considered by the Castex office in order to fight against the coronavirus epidemic. On economic and social grounds, the downfalls of such a measure lead the government and the authorities to improve actions and on a local basis in order to put the spread of Covid-19 under control.
In an interview with Paris Match, French President Emmanuel Macron confirms this will to avoid a domestic lockdown at all cost: “We cannot put the country on hold because the collateral damages of a lockdown are considerable” he said.
Reminding the local strategies that have been set up, especially in Mayenne – deeply impacted by the epidemic – the French president says “zero risk does not exist in a society. We shall respond to this anxiety of falling in the zero-risk doctrine”. Therefore, even though coronavirus shall not be taken lightly, it is vital to learn to live with the virus as WHO has said already. “We shall bring the best health response given what we know, test, track, isolate, organize our ERs, raise awareness, generalize facemasks when necessary” the French President adds.
