24th March 2021

New curfew in Martinique due to increase cases of covid

By la1ere.francetvinfo

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New curfew in Martinique from Friday March 26, 2021 for three weeks between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., an announcement made by Stanislas Cazelles (Tuesday March 23, 2021 during a press conference), following the increase in the number of positive cases of Covid-19 ( + 401 in one week ) according to the latest figures from the Regional Health Agency.

"Curb contamination" is what motivates this new curfew explains the representative of the State, a measure which will be in force for three weeks, from Monday to Sunday inclusive.

This means that when you leave your home, "you must have a good reason and a certificate ... for professional reasons, health emergencies, or imperative family reasons" .

Examples: a baker who starts very early, someone who keeps a night call at the hospital… The professional certificate provided by the employer can be permanent throughout the duration of the curfew, specifies the prefecture. For professionals who travel on the daily commute (police officers, nurses, journalists, etc.), "the professional card may be sufficient" .

For family reasons, this may concern childcare, an elderly person in difficulty who calls his relatives… Certificates will be issued online and will soon be available, promises the prefecture.

The government recalls that "the objective of the curfew is to limit gatherings during which barrier measures are less well applied and where the virus circulates rapidly, while limiting the impact on the economy already strained by the 'epidemic' .

This reality particularly concerns restaurant owners who will therefore have to close at 10 p.m., two hours earlier than the previous curfew at the end of 2020, when the figures were below those of the last situation report of the ARS. Customers will therefore have to leave the table before 10 p.m. in order to return to their homes.

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