Population confinement activated by coronavirus in France
At noon on Tuesday (local time), the confinement of people at home was activated in France as an emergency measure to stop the advance of Covid-19.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced to the nation the restriction of movements in the metropolitan territory and overseas and only allow what is strictly necessary, reported Prensa Latina.
Macron called for discipline, solidarity and calm, for the sake of protecting human life.
For his part, the Interior Minister, Christopher Castaner, announced that more than 100,000 police and gendarmes will have the mission of guaranteeing respect for the confinement.
The interpretation of the measure must be clear: "you have to stay at home, except in exceptional cases, registered in a downloadable safe-conduct on the Internet, a model to fill out with the reasons for each exit to the street," he said.
Attendance at work, visiting a doctor, buying food or medicine, caring for a vulnerable relative, walking pets or individual physical exercise will be allowed activities, always with justification in hand, he stressed.
This Monday confirmed the rapid advance of the coronavirus in France, with the detection of 1,210 new cases and the report of 21 deaths, which brought the total to 6,633 and 148, respectively, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic . that
















