Endless queues in front of supermarkets and pharmacies. This Monday, Essonne was not spared from this rush of food and basic necessities for fear of complete containment to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, will also speak on the issue live tonight at 8 p.m. during a speech.
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In the parking lot of the Lidl in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Myriam closes her car trunk with a large quantity of food. "I don't know how long we risk being stranded at home. I have children and you have to plan. I had a little over 250 euros worth of errands. It never happens to me. I understand that people are lining up. It still freaks out… ”In the parking lot of the discount store, the wait is several tens of minutes to enter.
"It pisses me off to see how people react"
1 km away, at Cora de Boussy-Saint-Antoine, the trend is the same. The different entrances have been locked out so that customers focus on one access. "We bring people in depending on how many people are at the checkouts," explains an employee. This is to prevent them from being clumped inside. ”
Hanane is one of the few customers who does not push a cart: “I just came for short errands and I have to wait. It pisses me off to see how people react. There's no point in panicking like that. "
Closer to the entrance, this other client is there to complete what she has already bought: “I mostly come to get bread. We will be confined for three weeks from what I hear, we will have to find a solution to not eat only frozen. "
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At the Lidl in Ris-Orangis, at the Leclerc in Viry-Chatillon, at the Carrefour de La Ville du Bois or even at the Costco in Villebon-sur-Yvette, security guards ensure that customers respect this meter amongst themselves. Same situation in front of the Monoprix of Brunoy, where the crowd is less dense but the instructions of social distancing seem very respected.
A niche for the elderly in Juvisy-sur-Orge
On the other hand, in front of the Auchan du Val-d'Oly in Vigneux-sur-Seine, this is not the case ... If some people wear masks and gloves, many are glued to each other sometimes creating a crowd movement. "Go get all contaminated," says angrily, a man who leaves.
At the entrance, the Vigneux-sur-Seine municipal police officers, equipped with riot shields, assist the guards who drop customers in. "Our police regularly patrol the gallery to verify that everything is going well," says Thomas Chazal, the mayor (DVD) of Vigneux. Here the queue is several hundred meters long.
On the side of Evry-Courcouronnes, the Carrefour of the Évry 2 shopping center is forced to lower its iron curtain temporarily to regulate the flow of customers. Inside the Carrefour, according to photos of customers, certain departments have been completely emptied, in particular that of the charcuterie.
At Carrefour des Ulis 2, this Monday morning, the most daring waited more than 4 hours at the opening to enter the store. Security officers, overwhelmed, asked the police for an hour "to respect the distances", confirms a police source. Contacted, the Carrefour group claims to have "anticipated the current peak traffic" in Essonne and announces for this Tuesday a "reinforcement of the security workforce for certain stores" and the implementation of a "customer regulation" for others.
On the side of Juvisy-sur-Orge, the Intermarché store announced this Saturday on Facebook that it reserved for seniors over 70 years an exclusive time slot from 8:30 am to 9 am every day to allow them to shop serenely .
Contacted, the prefecture of Essonne did not wish to communicate.
