Passengers at Montparnasse station in Paris, March 19, 2021. – AFP
The controls will “intensify from this day”, in “stations, airports and road tolls” while “continuing the checks to respect barrier gestures” to fight against Covid-19, said Friday Matignon.
These measures, announced by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin during a meeting with Prime Minister Jean Castex, come at a time when the situation is “critical with the entry into action of the third wave and the predominance of the British variant” . “A race against time is underway,” said Matignon in a press release.