A gendarmerie car.
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GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP
Jacques Witkowski, the prefect of Hérault, furax, Tuesday, on the sidelines of a press conference organized by the city of Montpellier (Hérault): in Cournonterral, a village in the metropolis, the cases of Covid-19 explode.
“We had an incidence rate of 200 [per 100,000 inhabitants], it rose to 704 today [Tuesday].
Continue like this, we will get out of it for sure, scolded the representative of the State, reports
Midi Libre.
Long live the carnival!
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Thirty-two VP
On February 17, a hundred people gathered to celebrate the Feast of Pailhasses, in Cournonterral.
During this tradition, strictly reserved for the inhabitants of the village, the participants chase each other in order to smear themselves with wine lees.
The party had been banned by the prefecture, due to health measures against Covid-19.
At
20 minutes,
the Hérault prefecture confirmed that the police had drawn up 32 minutes that day.
Hérault is not one of the departments placed under surveillance.
But in recent days, concern has grown.
The police have put an end to several parties and gatherings.
And in Lunel, the incidence rate has doubled in one week.
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