The mayor of Rennes, Nathalie Appéré, during the municipal elections at the end of June.

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The health situation is "alarming" in Rennes, said the mayor PS Nathalie Appéré, when announcing new "difficult" measures that she refused to criticize, unlike other socialist mayors, during a press conference on the local variation of the health measures announced Wednesday by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.

“It is not for me to comment on these measures.

I would even say that we would undoubtedly be on the wrong track in criticizing them, ”said Nathalie Appéré, also president of Rennes Métropole.

"Our role is to ensure that the implementation is as concerted as possible, as suited as possible to the realities of the territory," she said.

“These are difficult measures to take and extremely restrictive for everyone,” she admitted, however.

Lille PS mayor Martine Aubry ruled on Friday that closing bars at 10 p.m. was "ineptitude" while Paris PS mayor Anne Hidalgo criticized measures "difficult to understand".

Rennes in enhanced alert zone

The prefect of Ille-et-Vilaine Michèle Kirry announced during this press conference the issuance of a decree for two weeks including a series of new health measures, such as the ban on gatherings of more than 1,000 people, the ban on room rentals for festive gatherings or ban on student parties.

In the 43 municipalities of the metropolis of Rennes, classified in enhanced alert zones, private sports halls and public gymnasiums will also be closed except for minors and extracurricular activities, static gatherings of more than ten people are prohibited and bars, which already close at 11 p.m., will have to close at 10 p.m. on Monday.

However, the closing time for restaurants is unchanged and swimming pools can remain open.

The incidence rate of Covid-19 in Rennes is 174.8 per 100,000 inhabitants and rises to 421 among young people (16-25 years old).

This rate is 63.7 in Brittany and 119.7 in Ille-et-Vilaine, according to the prefect.

"For the past two weeks, we have observed an increase in hospitalizations", also underlined Stéphane Mulliez, director general of the Regional Health Agency, who called for "to limit his social interactions below ten people".

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