This July 14 will be less festive in some cities.
According to information from the
Parisian
, many cities have canceled the traditional fireworks.
The cause ?
The Delta variant that could spread in crowds.
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According to our colleagues, the cities concerned are “
Lille, Nantes, Roubaix, Nancy, Thionville, Sartrouville, Lisieux, La Roche-sur-Yon and many others.
"In Caen, the municipality would have warned that"
the fireworks
"
was canceled" following the announcements of the President of the Republic
".
A telegram sent to local elected officials
The executive has reportedly put pressure on local elected officials for a few days to ban these gathering places.
Pierre de Bousquet, chief of staff of Gérald Darmanin, sent a telegram Tuesday to all the prefects where it is required that the gatherings scrupulously respect all health instructions, explains
Le Parisien
who was able to consult the document:
"
You will ensure the rigorous application of all health instructions (...) to prevent the formation of a cluster
", by verifying that there are indeed "
places suitable for the public
" in order to "
avoid high concentrations.
"And the respect of a distance"
minimum of two meters
"between each spectator, reports the daily.
If the Ministry of the Interior did not expressly ask to cancel the fireworks, it demanded that all offenses "
give rise to verbalizations
" and ordered the prefects to work with the security forces. to implement "
rapid and secure dispersions
". This forced some cities to cancel the festivities.