Speech by Prime Minister Jean Castex to the interior safety forces, Good on July 25 – SYSPEO / SIPA
Generalized confinement is just a distant reminiscence, in accordance with Jean Castex. “What must be avoided above all is the general reconfinement”, declared the Prime Minister Saturday within the each day newspaper good morning, concerning the Covid-19 epidemic. It might be a measure which might be, in accordance with him, “catastrophic” on the financial and social degree,
“We now know what this produces: such a measure breaks the progression of the epidemic, of course, but at the economic and social level, it is catastrophic, including for the psychological health of some of our fellow citizens”, insisted the top of presidency, in an interview revealed by the regional each day on his web site.
“It can be very localized reconfigurations”
“The priority is still prevention,” insists Jean Castex, denying that this time period of re-containment is “a taboo word” and reassuring concerning the unfold of the virus. “Even if the number of cases is on the rise again, positive tests remain in low averages compared to the countries around us. And hospitalizations remain at a controlled level, ”he insists on this interview with good morning throughout a visit to town centered on the theme of insecurity.
If there should be reconfinement, “it can be very localized reconfinement”, concedes Jean Castex: “We will adapt”. “To fight against this pandemic, there are simple things to do and not to do, called barrier gestures, until the day a vaccine is found”, concludes the Prime Minister.