In the midst of the municipal campaign, the coronavirus epidemic that is looming in France with already 100 cases of proven contamination, obliges candidates to be extra vigilant. No more shaking hands or kisses in the middle of the markets or at meetings, after new recommendations from the Ministry of Health.
Chance by chance in front of the stalls of the Aligre market in Paris (12th) Sunday morning, the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, now avoids kisses and handshakes. With regret. "I say to Parisians, I would love to kiss them, take them in my arms ... but I do not do it as a precaution and to set an example", explains the candidate, who tows alongside her activists, the hands also protected by black leather gloves.