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Some countries in Europe have tightened their restrictions on the fifth wave and the Omicron variant. While Germany is ready to tighten its health restrictions, the Netherlands has already taken action with confinement until January 14. What will happen in France?
Does France intend to tighten the screws like some of its European neighbors, with the end-of-year celebrations that could accelerate the spread of Covid-19? On the evening of Monday, December 20, the country exceeded the threshold of 3,000 patients in intensive care. Some restaurant owners have decided to close their establishment on the evening of December 31. Others keep them open, as long as the customers remain seated.
More than 50,000 positive cases were detected on December 20, 2021, 3.5 times more than last year at the same time. Faced with these alarming figures, some experts implore that radical measures be taken. “What one can imagine is a kind of partial confinement represented by the curfew (…) it is an extremely heavy measure, extremely strong but which limits social interactions, in particular in places at very high risk of transmission “, explains epidemiologist Antoine Flahault.