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  • Jean Castex has confirmed that the ski lifts of the ski resorts cannot be started before January.

  • The mayors of the Alpes-Maritimes are asking for an exemption so that ski passes are "accessible only to residents of 06 and landowners" and can present a "PCR test of less than three days".

Jean Castex confirmed it this Thursday: as part of the deconfinement, the ski lifts in ski resorts cannot be started before January.

A news that we can not resolve in the Alpes-Maritimes.

So not to completely block the activity, the mayors concerned of the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolis and Christian Estrosi announced that they had asked the government to be able to accommodate the only skiers in the department, who will have been tested.

They are asking for an “opening exemption” since their “stations benefit from a special situation with a clientele that is 90% local”.

According to the president of the community, the incidence rate of Covid-19 among the population of the Riviera, "at 150, is one of the lowest in France, far behind that of Haute-Savoie for example at 430".

With a "PCR test of less than three days"

A new protocol, if validated by the government, would thus make, as soon as possible, ski passes "accessible only to residents of 06 and landowners" and able to present a "PCR test of less than three days" , detailed Christian Estrosi, on the occasion of a videoconference in the presence of the mayors of Auron, La Colmiane, Turini-Camp d'Argent, Isola 2000, Saint-Delmas-le-Selvage and Roubion-les-Buisses.

The maximum level of skiers on the same area would be lowered to 50% "by capping the sale of day passes", which will only be done on the Internet, added the mayor of Nice.

Measures that would be taken in addition to the health protocol discussed upstream (wearing a mask obligatory in the queues of the ski lifts, one seat in two on the chairlifts, etc.).

Christian Estrosi says he expects a response from the government by Monday.

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