Coronavirus: More than 300 illegal parties recorded since mid-January, regrets Gérald Darmanin – WILLIAM SOUVANT / SIPA
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Thursday that “underground parties, wild parties” are the “first difficulty” in terms of non-compliance with the curfew and health rules, with more than 300 parties of this type identified by its services since January 15.
To enforce health measures against the Covid-19 epidemic, the police and gendarmerie “intervene in conditions where sometimes I ask myself questions about how a part, a very small part of our fellow citizens are not aware of what they are doing, ”the minister told the press during a visit to Bordeaux.
“It is the groups that make the contaminations”
“These are interventions that the police still made yesterday and the day before, with hundreds of people sometimes, without any protection, who want to be able to communicate with each other in conditions of non-compliance with health rules,” said Gerald. Darmanin who visited in particular the Aubiers police station, a sensitive district of Bordeaux classified as a “Republican reconquest district”.
“We know that it is the groups that cause the contamination. In intensive care units, today, many departments are full, we are deprogramming, ”he recalled. “So it is normal that the police of the Republic, the gendarmerie, can tell our fellow citizens, first in the form of education then in the form of verbalization and constraint: we must respect these rules to get out of this as quickly as possible. very complicated health period ”of Covid-19.
“We must all understand that the police and gendarmes are fathers and mothers of families also affected by the Covid-19. A young peacekeeper died a few days ago from this disease, ”he added.
“The instructions are for the days to come, the weeks to come, not to regroup, as much as possible. The police will do educational work during the day, as they have always done, with a particular sign of firmness after 7 pm for the curfew, ”he said.