The prefect of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region announced on Tuesday a strengthening of measures to combat Covid-19, with the obligation to wear a mask throughout Marseille and the closure of bars and restaurants at 11 p.m. in all the Bouches-du-Rhône.
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Measures to cope with the acceleration of the epidemic in the department
These measures, which will come into effect on Wednesday at 11 p.m., were decided in the face of the sharp acceleration of the coronavirus epidemic in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, with an incidence rate of 177 per 100,000 in the second city. of France and 131 out of 100,000 for the department, against about 33 per 100,000 on the national average, according to the figures indicated by the regional prefecture in its press release.