The prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes issued a decree imposing a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the Covid-19.
This decree comes into force on Sunday and is valid until March 31, 2020. It also requires the closure of all food businesses at 9:30 p.m. to allow their customers to comply with these measures. Violation of the provisions of the decree will be punished with a fine of 135 euros, increased to 375 euros.
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Derogation for certain trips
The ban on night trips does not, however, concern business trips, subject to a derogatory certificate, trips for health reasons, for compelling family reasons, for assistance to vulnerable persons or childcare, or trips as part of missions of general interest.
The decree considers that "the gatherings of people organizing themselves during the night, in an open environment as in places of promiscuity, participate in the rapid spread of the virus" and that "the internal security forces have observed such gatherings in the urban areas of the department and on the littoral "of the Alpes-Maritimes.
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Since Friday, several municipalities, including Nice and Vallauris-Golfe-Juan, had issued municipal decrees establishing a curfew. The prefecture said in a statement that the Principality of Monaco, in coordination with the French authorities, will put in place on its territory similar provisions from this evening.
Elsewhere in France too, several municipalities have taken similar measures, including Montpellier and Béziers (Hérault) or Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes).