After the party, the screening center.
The Hauts-de-France Regional Health Agency (ARS) recommends this Monday to Losc supporters, who came by the thousands on Sunday to the Grand-place in Lille to celebrate their title of champion of France, to "reduce their contacts" in the next few days and “do a preventive test” for Covid-19 contamination.
Dear supporters, to fully celebrate our French champions:
😷 Barrier
gestures
➡️
Reduce contacts in the coming days
➡️ Preventive test from midweek and isolation if necessary
🏆 Bravo to @losclive !!! 🏆
📷 GF @lillefrance pic .twitter.com / fZ3t8taQY5
- ARS Hauts-de-France (@ARS_HDF) May 24, 2021
"Dear supporters, to fully celebrate our champions of France: barrier gestures, reduce contact in the coming days, preventive test from midweek and isolation if necessary," advocates the ARS in a tweet broadcast at midday , congratulating the Losc on its victory and accompanying its message with a photograph of the Grand-place en fête, in a red halo of smoke.
The police finally clear the access
Braving the curfew, a tide of thousands of supporters had invaded Sunday evening shortly after the end of the match this emblematic square of the city.
The police had initially sealed off access, before leaving it open to the outbursts of joy from the supporters.
If some of them wore masks, the crowd was compact and the physical distance impossible to respect.
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A little earlier in the day, the town hall of Lille had called on the supporters to “the greatest responsibility in the celebration of the title of Champion of France”, recalling “that the health regulations remained in force”.
It then specified that in the event of victory an "exceptional device" would be deployed in the public space after the match, ensuring in particular that access to the Grand-place would be subject to a "reduced and controlled gauge".
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The prefect of the north, Michel Lalande, for his part called on Saturday the people of Lille to "live this moment of sport in complete safety, in a health context which is improving but remains fragile", asking "everyone to continue to respect the all the sanitary measures in force ”.
Celebrations are scheduled to resume Monday afternoon.
After the presentation of their trophy at the domain of Luchin (North), about twenty kilometers from Lille, the Losc players are expected at 4.30 p.m. to meet the public "aboard a double-decker bus" which will travel through one of the major arteries in the city center via "a route authorized by the prefecture", according to the town hall.