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  • A carnival brought together several hundred people in the streets of Rezé, near Nantes, on Saturday.

  • The prefecture asks participants to be tested and threatens to have to decide on new measures.

They were much less numerous than in Marseille but they too defied the ban this weekend.

Saturday afternoon, several hundred people gathered in the streets of Rezé, near Nantes, for a carnival that had not been declared in town hall.

Several videos, which circulate on social networks, show a cheerful and compact crowd, accompanied by brass bands, strolling, singing and dancing under a beautiful sun ... All while often forgetting to wear a mask and to respect the rules social distancing.

Enough for the prefect of Loire-Atlantique to react by means of a press release on Monday.

“The prefecture invites all participants to do a PCR test within 72 hours of the event and to scrupulously respect the barrier measures while awaiting the test result (wearing a mask compulsory, isolation).

For people who test positive, it will also be necessary to prevent identified contact cases and to consult a doctor if necessary.

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Measures "if the health situation continues to deteriorate"

While contaminations are on the rise in recent days in Loire-Atlantique, the tone of the prefecture is then more threatening.

"If the health situation continues to


deteriorate, containment measures similar to those applicable since Friday


in other regions of France will have to be taken to limit the congestion of


hospitals in the department, which is not in the interest everyone, ”said Prefect


Didier Martin.

Asked by

20 Minutes,

the town hall of Rezé did not follow up.

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