Government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced on Wednesday July 28 that a state of health emergency was declared in Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy in order to "allow all the necessary measures to be taken to protect the centers. local hospitals who could quickly find themselves under great stress ”.
"In Guadeloupe, only 15% of the population is fully vaccinated", while in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, "the incidence rate reached 1714 cases per 100.000 inhabitants", underlined Gabriel Attal at the end of the Council of Ministers.
This exceptional regime makes it possible in particular to limit the movement of people, or even to order local re-containment in the event of overly active circulation of the virus.
"This allows the prefects, in conjunction with elected officials and Regional Health Agencies, to take additional measures," said Gabriel Attal, referring to "incidence rates which are truly stratospheric", "very low vaccination coverage in the population and hospital capacities which are limited. Everything must be done to prevent hospitals in these territories from being overwhelmed by this new wave of the epidemic. It could be a curfew; it can, in the most extreme cases, be confinement, ”he confirmed.
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