The Calvados prefecture has announced a "voluntary experiment" since Sunday with the health pass in bars and restaurants on the Côte Fleurie to deal with a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.

This decision was taken following a consultation organized on Friday with the prefect, the mayors and professionals of bars, restaurants and hotels.

“We anticipate the mandatory system by a week.

It is a way of securing frequentation of bars and restaurants, ”declared Philippe Court, Prefect of Calvados, while Parliament has just adopted the bill on the extension of the health pass.

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ℹ️ To deal with the worrying situation in the territory of #CoteFleurie, it was decided to anticipate the extension of the #PasseSanitaire to the bars and restaurants of @cc_cotefleurie, in the form of a voluntary experiment.

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- Prefect of Calvados (@ Prefet14) July 24, 2021

Appearance of several clusters

The experiment was to begin on Sunday morning in the bars and restaurants of the Cœur Côte Fleurie community of municipalities, which includes 12 municipalities including the seaside resorts of Deauville and Trouville-sur-Mer.

“Restaurant owners will actively ask their customers for the presentation of the health pass,” explained the prefect.

The incidence rate of the virus has increased significantly in the sector, from 320 per 100,000 inhabitants on Monday to 807 on Saturday, according to the prefecture.

In question: "the presence of the Delta variant, now largely in the majority" and "a strong affluence and a summer context, sometimes festive, which led to the appearance of several clusters", according to a press release from the authorities.

Note that 3,000 additional slots will be dedicated to the vaccination of professionals and employees of hotels, cafes, restaurants and other seasonal tourist activities.

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