After Savoie and Haute-Savoie, wearing a mask is now compulsory in the town centers of most ski resorts in Isère and Hautes-Alpes from this Friday to fight against the deterioration of the situation health related to Covid-19, said the prefectures of the two departments.
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In Isère, the obligation to wear a mask outdoors from the age of eleven has been extended until further notice to the ski resorts of Deux-Alpes, Alpes-d'Huez, Chamrousse and Villard-de -Lans, where the crowd is "strong [...], especially at this time of year," said the prefecture on Thursday evening in a press release.
In the Hautes-Alpes, the prefecture decided Thursday to extend this same restriction to "snow fronts and in resort centers from December 31 and for a period of one month", according to a press release.
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These new measures come on top of those recently enacted in ski resorts by the neighboring departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
In Savoie, the wearing of the mask outdoors was in force in the thirty-eight ski resorts of the department since December 24 and will remain so unless extended until January 4.
In Haute-Savoie, a decree taken on November 30 makes this restriction mandatory in forty-six municipalities in the department, including several winter sports resorts, until January 4.
Thursday evening, the prefecture of the department extended this restriction to fifty-one municipalities.