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In Nice, residents torn between fear and fatalism in the face of Covid-19

2021-02-21T21:07:28.042Z


REPORT - Increasingly exposed to the virus, the city of Nice is now facing the threat of re-containment on weekends.


Sunday, on the promenade des Anglais flooded with sunshine, many people from Nice came to watch the spectacle offered by the Mediterranean heckled by violent gusts.

Raised the day before, during the visit of the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, the hypothesis of a reconfinement imposed every weekend is in everyone's minds.

“If it's necessary, it's necessary.

People imagine that it's over, but it's not over, this story, I have the impression that it will continue for a long time ”

, slips Carmelle Reynaud, a smiling 77-year-old retiree who has come to breathe fresh air. .

Like her, many are resigned: if we have to go through this, especially in the hope of a more serene summer, we might as well confine ourselves right away.

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For working people, however, the prospect is a further source of discouragement.

"Knowing that I work all week, taking away weekends also means removing the little freedom to move that we have,"

laments Johan Lauze, a 23-year-old engineer who came from Antibes to survey the promenade.

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Source: lefigaro

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