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Coronavirus: faced with the flow of tourists, mask mandatory in Saint-Tropez

2020-08-06T17:34:26.325Z


Faced with the " significant flow of tourists ", wearing a mask will be compulsory from Saturday in the center of Saint-Tropez (Var), a city known throughout the world for its nightlife, the Var prefecture announced on Thursday August 6th. . Read also: Covid-19: in casinos, nothing is going well The city center, the port and the citadel of the seaside resort popular with the jet-set are affected...


Faced with the " significant flow of tourists ", wearing a mask will be compulsory from Saturday in the center of Saint-Tropez (Var), a city known throughout the world for its nightlife, the Var prefecture announced on Thursday August 6th. .

Read also: Covid-19: in casinos, nothing is going well

The city center, the port and the citadel of the seaside resort popular with the jet-set are affected by this obligation, for a renewable period of one month, which will come into force from Saturday midnight. " The virus affects with a particular sensitivity the municipality of Saint-Tropez which gathers during the summer period a significant flow of tourists, in particular in its city center ", details the prefectural decree, decided with the municipality.

"The rules of physical distancing cannot be guaranteed day or night"

According to the prefecture, " the rules of physical distancing cannot be guaranteed day or night " in certain public spaces of the town because of the " high concentration of people ". Between July 25 and August 1, 64 cases of Covid-19 were recorded by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) in the Gulf which includes the municipalities of Ramatuelle, Sainte-Maxime, Croix-Valmer and Saint- Tropez.

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Among these cases, 29 concern employees of two restaurants in the municipality of Saint-Tropez. Concerning the 35 other cases, " the investigations show that two thirds of them " including customers " have frequented the places of restoration where we find positive staff ", specifies the ARS of the Provence-Alpes-Côte region Azure.

In addition, the prefecture took two administrative closure orders for a period of two weeks against two restaurants located on the beach of Ramatuelle, for non-compliance with health measures. Other cases of closures are under investigation ” because of “ indiscipline ”, added the prefect, but no general closure of bars is envisaged at this stage. The obligation to wear a mask, including in an open environment, has multiplied in recent weeks in several cities, in France and abroad.

Source: lefigaro

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