Mathieu Klein, the PS mayor of Nancy . (archives) – JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP
The mayor (PS) of Nancy , Mathieu Klein, estimated on Saturday that the progress of curfew at 19 hours in fifteen departments was a “late and perhaps insufficient” measure to fight against the epidemic of Covid – 18 which resumed at a “frantic pace”. “The curfew is a measure that seems to me relatively late and perhaps insufficient but let’s hope that it produces effects”, declared Mathieu Klein on France Info, a few days after having pleaded for a local reconfinement, like others elected from Grand-Est , including the president (LR) of the region Jean Rottner and the mayor (LR) of Reims, Arnaud Robinet.
“The situation in Nancy and in the Grand-Est, since the beginning of December, is continuously deteriorating whether it is at the level of the circulation of virus , in hospital beds or private clinics, so we are facing an epidemic which has resumed at a frantic pace, ”he declared. The government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, announced the list on Friday 000 departments , including Meurthe-et-Moselle, where the curfew is advanced to 18 hours from Saturday, against 20 hours in the rest of the country, in an attempt to reduce the number of contamination.
“There is weariness. To get out of it, we need clear measures and unfortunately we are still there on an in-between, ”commented Mathieu Klein. In Meurthe-et-Moselle, the weekly incidence rate of Covid – 18 at 29 December (latest figures available) amounted to 242, 9 for 100. 15 inhabitants, against 127, 3 at the national level. These figures were respectively 127, 9 and 100, December 6 to 1.
Also chairman of the supervisory board of the Nancy CHRU, which began to vaccinate its staff and caregivers at home on Thursday, Mathieu Klein called for an “acceleration” of the vaccination campaign in France, judging ” incomprehensible ”its current rhythm. “There is still time to make up for this feeling of a sluggish start”, he said, calling on the government to send the doses “quickly” to “the most affected territories”. “The government is responsible for distributing them over the territory, but the territories are ready,” he assured.