After Strasbourg, Nice, Marseille or Nîmes, among others, the turn of Toulouse. From Monday April 6, the metropolis will proceed to the daily disinfection of street furniture near the "sites identified at risk", to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.
"This concerns 180 points in Toulouse," says Jean-Luc Moudenc, mayor (LR) and president of Toulouse Métropole. Benches, bus shelters or poles located near Covid-19 centers, open businesses, stations or transit centers are targeted by this "targeted and selective disinfection".
No general street disinfection
“We totally reject the idea of a generalized disinfection of the streets, it is useless, it is wasted energy, asserts the elected official. And this has a downside. The evacuated water goes to the Garonne with the risk of major pollution for biodiversity. "
Toulouse Métropole mentions the use of "a very diluted bleach solution" by agents "in full wetsuits and equipped with masks". Drying will take approximately 15 minutes, as indicated by the message on the posters that will be placed on the disinfected premises.
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Coronavirus: From Strasbourg to Bordeaux ... Municipalities faced with the choices (or not) of disinfecting public space
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Coronavirus in Bordeaux: Why the prefecture and the ARS advise against disinfecting the streets
- Jean-Luc Moudenc
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