Covid-19: 300 new confirmed cases, fewer shops authorized – New Caledonia the 1st – Overseas the 1st

Caledonia now has 565 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 300 cases detected during yesterday’s Saturday alone. These are the results of PCR and antigen tests, the latter “are no longer the subject of confirmation by PCR,” said Yannick Slamet during the government press briefing.

Among the sick, 50 people are hospitalized in the Medipole covid unit and 6 are in intensive care.

This rapid increase in the number of cases worries the government which “faced with the speed of spread of the virus”, has decided “to make changes to the containment order.

This Sunday, September 12 at midnight will have to close their doors:

• Retail stores of tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, vaping equipment and devices in specialized stores
• Information and communication equipment retail stores
• Retail trade in computers, peripheral units and software and repair of personal and household goods, equipment and communication
• Retailers of telecommunications equipment in specialized stores
• Retail stores of newspapers and stationery in specialized stores
• Automotive equipment and agricultural spare parts stores
• Car and machine rentals
• Temporary employment agencies

These businesses can “Continue their activity, but exclusively on the basis of order withdrawals or deliveries”, said Yannick Slamet.

Consequence of these new restrictions, the “Multi-store stores” will only be able to sell “Goods and services for which the activity is authorized, that is to say the good of hygiene and food “, said Yannick Slamet.