Social life will be limited in Gironde.
Faced with a worrying resumption of Covid-19 contaminations in the department, the prefect of New Aquitaine, Fabienne Buccio, announced on Monday a series of restrictions aimed at curbing the epidemic.
With immediate effect, according to our information.
Events, gatherings and demonstrations are now limited to a maximum of 1,000 people instead of 5,000. "Fairgrounds, flea markets and neighbors' parties" are prohibited, as are "social demonstrations in the event of non-compliance with a protocol. strict sanitary ”.
The European Heritage Days (September 19 and 20) are also canceled in the metropolis of Bordeaux.
Limited alcohol consumption
As far as social life is concerned, alcohol consumption in establishments open to the public must be done upright.
The "dissemination of music on the public highway" and "dance evenings" are prohibited.
In the parks, gardens and on the beaches and quays of Bordeaux, gatherings of more than 10 people are also prohibited.
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Alcohol consumption is not allowed on public roads in the Gironde capital, and student parties are suspended.
School trips are also affected by this suspension.
In Bordeaux, mobile gendarmes and a CRS unit will be deployed on site to ensure compliance with these measures.
Small family gatherings
Residents of the department are also asked to avoid gatherings where they could be numerous.
“I solemnly ask residents to limit family and friendly gatherings to a maximum of 10 people.
I am thinking particularly of festive events such as weddings or birthdays.
It is not a question of canceling them but of postponing them, ”adds Prefect Fabienne Buccio.
For marriages with more than ten people, "it will require an authorization with a sanitary protocol", she explained.
More transport and masks
To avoid the crowds in transport, the prefect guaranteed that more buses and trams would be made available at peak times.
On the business side, they will be more often checked with regard to compliance with barrier gestures.
Teleworking is also recommended "as soon as possible", specifies the prefecture.
The mask is also mandatory within a radius of 50 meters around sports halls, shows and conservatories, as well as on university campuses and within a radius of 50 meters around these places.
Changing rooms in sports facilities are also closed.
A plan that can be adjusted
This plan will be "reassessed within 2 to 3 weeks," said Fabienne Buccio.
"If it is necessary to harden the methods I will do it, if it is necessary to lighten them I will do it", she assured, explaining that "it is a question of provoking an awareness" then of "sanctioning, verbalize those who do not play the game […] we must act on the 5% minority which is the least attentive ”.
The interim director of the Nouvelle Aquitaine Regional Health Agency, Hélène Junqua, stressed that the incidence rate in Gironde was more than 158 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, with a peak at 298 cases per 100,000 in the group. age 15-44 years.
There are 57 clusters in the department, including 15 in nursing homes.
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"All the signals are red", said at the same press conference Yann Bubien, director of the Bordeaux University Hospital, judging "the situation not alarming but worrying".
The CHU is now treating 77 patients with Covid, including 24 in intensive care, "with a very strong increase in the past ten days," he said.
