Like so many other events, the Dunkirk carnival scheduled to run from January to April 2021 was canceled this Tuesday, October 20 due to the coronavirus epidemic, the city of Dunkirk announced in a long press release.
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Faced with the rapid deterioration of the health situation in recent weeks, the mayors of the agglomeration have decided in responsibility to cancel the carnival bands and the herring throwing organized by the municipalities
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And to justify his decision: "
despite the implementation of reinforced health measures in agreement with the Prefect of the North at the end of September, the coronavirus is progressing in the department of North and in Dunkirk, with an incidence rate of 254 per 100,000 inhabitants recorded on October 13 for our agglomeration by the Regional Health Agency.
This rate places the territory above the maximum alert level.
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The president of the Urban Community and mayor of Dunkirk Patrice Vergriete also reacted to this decision: "
If we come to take this decision today, it is because we believe that it is in the interest of each and everyone. of Dunkirk.
I invite all those who would be tempted to organize side events to think carefully about their responsibility because we are talking about people who can die ...
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