“We are going to have to live with the virus for a while.”
A proposal to go before parliament from Monday says the lifting this month of the emergency, which began on March 24, would “be premature” and “could see a risk of the outbreak” intensifying.“We are going to have to live with the virus for a while,” Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said after a cabinet meeting.The proposals cover an “information system” for those have the virus and their entourage that would operate for up to a year.
The bill will go before the Senate on Monday and the National Assembly most probably the day after, said government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye. France is one of the European countries most impacted by the virus and lists 24,594 deaths from 167,346 confirmed cases. The government has announced the gradual lifting of some lockdown measures from May 11, including the re-opening of primary schools.
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