- A disinfection of public spaces in Nice should start on Thursday, as soon as the city has received the necessary protection products and materials.
- Initially launched "in front of the most frequented priority establishments", the operation should be gradually extended to the whole city.
- At the same time, the transport offer will be drastically reduced.
In combination and behind their mask, gloves and protective glasses, they will clean up the public space of the French Riviera capital. After several localities in Ile-de-France and the principality of Monaco, since Monday, the city of Nice is also preparing to dispatch disinfection agents to fight against the spread of the coronavirus.
"The cleanliness teams of the metropolis [Nice Côte d'Azur] will ensure the disinfection of public spaces located in front of priority establishments the most frequented sites in Nice: hospitals, pharmacies, Ehpads, shopping centers", said the community. All urban furniture in these spaces (ramp, benches, baskets) will also be cleaned.
Pending receipt of the necessary products and equipment
The operation, scheduled to begin no earlier than Thursday morning, will be carried out three days a week before the arrival of the public, by spraying disinfectant. "The product acts for ten minutes and is then rinsed with plenty of water," it said.
The product in question, based on highly diluted bleach, "will have no impact on the environment", advance the community, still waiting to receive all the disinfectant and protective equipment for the necessary agents.
At the same time, very greatly reduced transport
The city of Nice promises to extend "gradually this device to the whole city". For Professor Bruno Lina, a researcher in infectious diseases at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, such an action is "always useful, in addition to hand hygiene" especially for "users of public transport".
Public transport that the president of the Nice metropolis Christian Estrosi will "drastically decrease" as of this Wednesday. If lines 1 and 2 of the tram will continue to operate (at idle), Mayor LR announces the "abolition of all bus lines, except those serving health establishments which will circulate only at the outlets and ends of service of hospital staff "
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- Coronavirus
- Nice
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