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The 110 members of the Grasse mobile gendamerie squadron, and their families, entered confinement on Thursday. The news, confirmed by the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture in Nice-Matin , comes after the discovery of two cases of coronavirus among the workforce.

"The latest health information received this morning indicates that the Grasse mobile gendarmerie squadron following a trip to Montpellier is affected by the coronavirus," said Jérôme Viaud, the LR mayor of the city. In direct connection with the prefecture, we await the instructions of the competent authorities to strictly apply the procedures that will be dictated to us. "

By midday this Thursday, 37 cases of Covid-19 coronavirus had been identified in total in the Alpes-Maritimes since the start of this health crisis.

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