Strolling on the Garonne quays in Toulouse is over at least until March 8.
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Pascal Pavani / AFP
With good weather, the quays of the Garonne had once again become a popular meeting point for Toulouse residents.
But for the Haute-Garonne prefecture and the town hall, this could not last, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and while the barrier gestures (physical distancing, wearing of a mask) were not necessarily respected during these "gatherings static ”.
Saturday evening, a joint statement fell, to announce "the closure of certain sectors of Toulouse", from this Sunday "at midnight until Monday March 8 at midnight".
"Despite a strengthening of controls on February 27, by the national police and the municipal police, no improvement in the situation has been observed", notes the text, co-signed by the prefect Etienne Guyot and the mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc.
Place for the strong method therefore, "to give oneself every chance of avoiding territorialized confinement", says the press release, which indicates that the incidence rate in Toulouse is high and exceeds the maximum alert threshold, with 261, 2 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The public roads concerned are the following: "the banks of the Garonne located below the Place Saint-Pierre, the Quai Saint-Pierre, the Quai Lucien Lombard, the Quai de la Daurade, the Quai de Tounis and corresponding to the promenade Henri Martin "," the place de la Daurade "," the prairie of the Filters "and" the quay of the Spanish Republican Exile ".
Even if Occitania has been rather spared so far by the new wave of Covid, the authorities are also tightening the screw.
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