PARIS:— The French Government announced that a state of emergency will soon be declared for St. Martin and St. Barthelemy. This is according to the Figaro newspapers. The announcement was made on the evening of July 24th due to a “worrying” health situation and a “sharp increase and rapid dissemination ”of the coronavirus.
The Senate voted for a government amendment to this effect, during the examination of the health bill.
The state of emergency, once reinstated, would be “applicable until September 30,” the text indicates.
Deputy Minister Brigitte Bourguignon underlined the high hospitalization figures in Saint-Martin compared to the capacities of the territory and the “low vaccination rate” against COVID-19. The amendment also leaves the possibility of a return of the state of health emergency in Mayotte “before August 30” and until September 30.
The epidemic is very present”: the prefet warns against an explosion of cases of Covid-19 in Martinique.
A “very strong epidemic recovery”
At this stage, the “health situation is under control” but “the degradation of the regional environment leads us to be vigilant”, indicated Mrs. Bourguignon, mentioning the “very strong epidemic recovery” in South Africa and the “Particularly worrying situation” in Reunion Island, close to Mayotte.
The state of a health emergency is an exceptional regime that gives the authorities increased possibilities for restrictions on movement, restrictions on exits and gatherings.
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In the meantime, a number of persons participated in a march organized by the St. Martin resistance against the mandatory orders for COVID-19 vaccines and the mandatory health passes that is required to enter public building and spaces. The marches said during the protest march on Saturday that their rights and liberties are being infringed upon with the forced vaccinations for healthcare workers, and the COVID-19 passes that recently became mandatory.
