travelers to Lille, where the mask has been made mandatory in the outside, the Prime minister recalled that the epidemic was not yet complete.

The shadow of a containment generalized plane still on France. The Prime minister has reminded this Monday morning on the margin of a move to Roubaix in metropolitan Lille, where the port of the mask outside has been made mandatory in the beginning of the week.

Jean Castex has called on the French to “do not let your guard down” in order to”avoid a reconfinement generalized”. The former Mr. déconfinement the government came to Matignon in the beginning of July gives the worst-case scenario on the table.

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“The virus is not a holiday, and neither do we”. “We need to protect against this virus, especially without stopping the economic life and social life, that is to say, in avoiding the prospect of a reconfinement is pervasive,” he explained.

Progression of the epidemic

In some regions, “there is a progression of the data of the epidemic which should lead us to be more than ever attentive to, and this is the case,” insisted Jean Castex, who has not responded to any of the questions. He welcomed the 14 000 tests already carried out in the metropolis of Lille, which is facing a resurgence of cases of Covid-19.

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“we need to continue to go in places where clusters are likely to appear,” he warned. “I am calling on every Frenchman to remain very vigilant because the struggle against the virus of course depends on the State, local communities, institutions, but also of each of us,” added the head of government.

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In the city of lille, which account 95 joint 1.2 million inhabitants, the positivity rate reached 3%, a level three times higher than in the rest of the department, and the incidence rate now stands at 38 people per 100 000 inhabitants compared to 17 two weeks earlier.