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  • Given the current health situation in the department and the coming of the Minister of Health this weekend, the prefect announced new measures this Monday noon.

  • Confinement on weekends, for coastal towns, one hour of outing with a limit of five kilometers around the home, the inhabitants of Nice reacted to these measures.

The lunch break was the subject of great discussions on Monday in the streets of Nice.

On Place Masséna, near Cours Saleya or on the Promenade des Anglais, everyone was talking about the measures announced this Monday noon by Bernard Gonzalez, the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes.

New travel restrictions will be in effect on the coastal urban area, from Menton to Théoule-sur-Mer, for the next two weekends.

"Exits are authorized with a derogatory certificate", specified the prefect.

" All that for this ?

loose Olivier, 56 years old.

It's not going to be useful ”.

His 25-year-old friend Mickaël shares this opinion.

“These are small measures, it is not strong enough and above all, it is less and less credible.

The only reaction we can have from these announcements is to laugh at them ”.

Finally, the only constraining point for these people from Nice is the fact of “no longer being able to enjoy a small glass of rosé during their meal” along the Prom.

The prefect announced that "the distribution of amplified music and the consumption of alcohol on public roads are also prohibited".

"I did well to take advantage of my bike ride this weekend"

On the Place Masséna side, Nathalie Ewald, Béatrice Mazoyer and Christine Lucki, these three colleagues from the administrative sector in the restaurant business, find "that at one point you have to make decisions" even if they will no longer be able to enjoy their leisure time. .

“We should have worked on weekends to be free during the week,” jokes Nathalie Ewald.

She continues: “I did well to take advantage of my 50 km bike ride this Sunday.

With the one hour and five kilometer limit, I couldn't do that anymore ”.

But they think of their colleagues who "have been suffering for a year" as "the tourists who are already there".

The three friends conclude: “These decisions could have been taken before”.

Same observation near Cours Saleya.

Romain Maison and Léo Mounzer work in seasonal rentals.

For them, these measures will "encourage tourists to stop coming".

“It's still a hard blow for our field but I wonder if it would not have been better to do two weeks of general and strict confinement.

I'm not sure it has any results ”.

According to tourism professionals, "this kind of measure will take us until April or June".

"It's hard to understand"

“I am a medical student in Nice,” says Wilfried Paquet, 19.

“I live in Grasse and my girlfriend in Valbonne.

We will have to decide if we prefer to go back to our parents or see each other.

With the five kilometers each, we may be able to cross paths, ”he jokes.

He continues: “We understand this kind of measure, but we could not have done without.

What is questionable is the curfew at 6 p.m. and the fact that it is unplayable from 4 p.m. for shopping.

It is difficult to understand ”.

If the situation were to worsen in the coming days, Christian Estrosi even asks for general confinement.

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