COVID-19 regulations fuel ‘explosion’ in Guadeloupe: Macron | Coronavirus Plague News

Anger over the use of the vaccine in the French outside of France Guadeloupe has created “explosive” things, “President Emmanuel Macron said.

A strike called by trade unions has entered its second week following a night of theft and violent demonstrations in contrast to the coronavirus guidelines developed by Paris, in combination with anti-health laws and vaccination approval for health workers.

Macron’s Prime Minister and lawmakers from the Caribbean will hold a series of difficult talks in Paris on Monday.

Home to about 400,000 people, police in Guadeloupe arrested 38 people overnight on Sunday for violating a curfew after stealing and setting fire to shops and drugstores.

“We do not know how long this will continue,” the mayor of Point-a-Pitre, the capital of Guadeloupe, told France Info radio.

French journalists also reported Sunday that perpetrators of violence They broke into a weapons depot in Pointe-a-Pitre and seized a rifle.

Guadeloupe has been affected by violent protests in the past, the mayor said, but there are “serious concerns” on the island because the perpetrators had guns.

Officials in Guadeloupe said protesters had fired on security forces and firefighters, adding that “prepared forces” were now involved in the riots.

The city was quiet on Monday when schools were closed and roadblocks closed as many shops were closed.

France sent 200 extra police, along with senior commandos, to Guadeloupe to end the conflict.

Arrival time from 6:00 pm to 5:00 am local time (22:00 – 0900 GMT) should be until Tuesday.

Anger over vaccination orders is coronavirus inhibitors has raised many questions about the island’s relationship with Paris.

Over the weekend, a large workers’ union in Guadeloupe, UGTG, demanded that the protests continue.

While these protests were sparked by the vaccine role, they also highlight “the deepest problems, inequalities, poverty and stigma that people feel, especially young and old,” said UGTG Secretary-General Maite Hubert M’Toumo.

Macron acknowledged the depth of the issue and urged local politicians not to interfere with the issue rules of coronavirus with the grievances of the colonial period and the grievances that have existed for so long the region is not being ignored by Paris.

“We cannot defeat the lies, distortions of information and exploitation of the victims,” ​​Macron said on a trip to northern France on Monday, calling the “explosions” extremely violent.

“We are not playing with health and we will not allow the health of the French people to be played because of political conflicts,” he added. “We have to explain, explain, explain and prove, prove, prove, because one should not play with human health.”

Vaccination rates in areas outside France, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific have often been significantly lower than in the mainland and there has been a flurry of efforts to combat the virus.

In the French vicinity of Martinique, located 190km (118 miles) south of Guadeloupe, people called for Monday. Union leaders want to end forced vaccination for health workers. It also shows in favor of rising pay and issues.