Jean Castex made it official on Thursday: since the evening of 19 March, confinement has once again been in force at 16 French departmentsin Ile-de-France and in Hauts-de-Franceas well as in Alpes-Maritimes, l'Eure and the Seine-Maritime. The measure will apply to at least four weeks, " unless positive results are found in the meantime".. Pointing what is looking more and more like a third waveand advocating a " territorial strategythe Prime Minister spoke of " massive braking measures.
No certificate for everyday travel
Over the weekend, the government announced that this time the certificate would not be required for everyday travel. These outings will not be time-limited, but will be restricted to a ten-kilometre radius. Visit inter-regional travel are prohibitedor at least limited to compelling or professional reasons. However, the curfew is shifted from 6pm to 7pmacross the country. The Prime Minister also reminded companies to make an extra effort in terms of teleworkingrecommending " at least four days out of five". working remotely.
In the wake of this, the SNCF has announced that it will maintain its operations short-term : " the TGV INOUI, OUIGO, Intercités, regional and international trains will run as scheduled this weekend and early next week "But things could change very quickly...". Over the next few days, we will be able to observe changes in passengers' travel needs, before adapting the transport offer if necessary to meet them." warns the group SNCFwhich is due to present its long-distance train transport plan in beginning of the week.
The 16 départements affected by the lockdown:
- Aisne (02)
- Alpes-Maritimes (06)
- Eure (27)
- Nord (59)
- Oise (60)
- Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Paris (75)
- Seine-Maritime (76)
- Seine-et-Marne (77)
- Yvelines (78)
- Somme (80)
- Essonne (91)
- Hauts-de-Seine (92)
- Seine-Saint-Denis (93)
- Val-de-Marne (94)
- Val d'Oise (95)
Updated on 22 March
