More infections in France: A kiss on the cheek, in spite of Corona

The Paris city map by dragging a loud blue lines. In between small shopping baskets you can find.Anyone who surfs the Internet long enough, you can find the card should have, since Monday actually, any visitor or resident of the city for themselves. Since the 10. Augustist in Paris Wearing a face mask against the Coronavirus in some places a duty on other not.

Christian Schubert

economic correspondent in Paris.

Around 80 streets of Paris and dozens of markets are listed – those areas with a particularly high level of pedestrian traffic but little space, such as the Quais along the Seine or the Canal Saint-Martin, numerous streets on Montmartre, the Rue Rambuteau to the Pompidou Centre or the Rue Saint-Honore, parallel to the Tuileries gardens, the Louvre, in addition to the driving and Parking cars, only narrow citizens offers the platforms.

child's play

The French government has been accused of at the height of the Corona-crisis, to have the protective measures to be little differentiated. Across the country, the same stringent restrictions were in force. Now the authorities don't seem to be able to small piece enough. The Decentralized call globalisation Offensive, the President and Emmanuel Macron, and it seems to start from here.

in the new rules to find, however, is not a children's game. The street directory is to be found on the Internet, it is, in the municipal administration in a nutshell, in addition to the A would "and the output of the affected zones" signs are erected. In case of violation of the mask mandatory 135 Euro fine threaten. The police will not come of the threat so far, with great severity, but that will change after the words of the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal now.

infection to take

Because everywhere is a growing fear that the French people are now too loose, after they had followed the rules in the spring and early summer, generally quite disciplined. The infection to clear. On Wednesday, more than 2500 new Covid-19 cases were registered, the highest increase since may. The proportion of Tests with positive earnings grew in a week from 1.6 to 2.2 percent and is as high as in may.

Almost 900 infectious-Cluster are counted. "Their multiplication, their triggers are often make simple family, must be taken seriously", warned the Minister of the interior, Gérald Darmanin, in a Letter to the prefect, and the representatives of the Central state is criticised in the departments due to low controls and sanctions.