A hard blow for lovers of the Dunkirk carnival, canceled for the second consecutive year due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
The decision was announced on Monday by the urban community of Dunkirk, which complies with "recommendations" from the North prefecture.
“Today, a new examination of the health situation was carried out by the State services and reveals that the figures of the pandemic are still high on the territory of Dunkirk”, justify in a press release the mayors of the Dunkirk agglomeration. , about festivities that were to take place in February and March.
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Neither balls nor band parades – festivities lasting several weeks which usually attract tens of thousands of visitors – will not be able to take place, explains the urban community of Dunkirk, which followed the recommendations of the authorities.
The prefecture recommends that residents do not organize anything at home
The Nord prefecture had thus recommended a little earlier in the day the cancellation of the Dunkirk carnival, one of the largest in France, due to the health situation in the region.
In mid-December, she had banned all carnival festivities until February 15, but the mayors had then asked for a review clause.
They were hoping to be able to keep the party going the week of Mardi Gras, March 1.
Carnival 2022 festivities: in view of sanitary conditions (white plan still activated in hospitals, incidence rate close to 4,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, 87% of critical care beds occupied), the prefect recommends that organizers cancel all festivities.
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– Prefecture of the Hauts-de-France and North region (@prefet59) February 7, 2022
The prefecture recalled on Monday that the incidence rate in the North remained "close to 4,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants", and that "even today, people are dying of Covid in Dunkirk".
She also "recommended to the inhabitants not to organize this type of festivities at home".
