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Since Monday evening, the rumor has swelled in Guadeloupe: like Martinique, strict confinement is approaching.
In the sister island, which has, according to the authorities and medical staff of the Pointe-à-Pitre University Hospital,
"fifteen days ahead of the epidemic in Guadeloupe"
, the prefect Stanislas Cazelles has decreed a strengthening of measures to fight against the spread of the virus.
Martinicans are resuming, for three weeks, a movement limited to 1 kilometer, the closure of non-essential businesses, etc.
Hotels must close and tourists are encouraged to return home, putting a stop to tourism activity already damaged by the epidemic for eighteen months.
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From these announcements, the social networks of Guadeloupe, WhatsApp groups in the lead, began to rustle a possible application of these measures on the island.
To the point that some hotels have planned to close on Wednesday.
A rumor of confinement that came to strengthen the balance sheet
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