It becomes usual: for the second weekend in a row, more than 4,000 police forces will survey Paris and the whole of Ile-de-France to enforce the barrier gestures this weekend. “Their vigilance will be exercised, in particular on groups of people in which respect for barrier gestures cannot be guaranteed”, specifies the police headquarters.
Of “preventive actions” will be conducted “in areas that are too densely frequented in order to remind seated people and walkers of the necessary respect for sanitary measures”, she says. Two civil security associations will also be mobilized.
New evacuations not excluded
Beyond prevention, new evacuations from overcrowded sites cannot be ruled out notify the police headquarters: _ “_if the observed regroupings became massive and led too many people not to respect barrier gestures despite the educational messages delivered, temporary evacuation operations of public spaces, immediately followed by their reopening, would be implemented “, she said in a press release.
Last weekend, the banks of the Seine and the quays of the Canal Saint-Martin had been evacuated. The Paris police chief Didier Lallement recognized this Wednesday “a failure” information vis-à-vis the town hall during this operation, carried out “probably awkwardly”.
Alcohol consumption still prohibited in several sites
Since last week, the ban on alcohol consumption has been extended to several Parisian sites very popular on sunny days. Between 11 and 6 p.m., until curfew, it remains prohibited until at least March 21:
– On the banks of the Seine, on the right bank and the left bank, between the Pont des Arts and the Pont de Sully, the banks of the Île de la Cité, and the banks of the Île Saint-Louis
– In the central Paris district: Place Joachim du Bellay, Fontaine des Innocents, Place du Bourg-Tibourg, Place du marché Saint Catherine, rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais, rue des Petits Carreaux
– In the 5th arrondissement: Place de la Constrescarpe
– In the 6th arrondissement: Rue de Buci
– In the 7th arrondissement: Esplanade des Invalides
– In the 9th and 18th arrondissements: Place Lino Ventura, avenue Trudaine (between place Lino Ventura and rue Turgot), rue des Martyrs (between rue La Vieuville and place Lino Ventura), Place du Tertre, rue Marcadet
– In the 10th arrondissement: the Saint-Martin canal (Jemmapes and Valmy quays), rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, cour des Petites-Ecuries
– In the 11th arrondissement: Rue du Général Renault, Rue du Général Blaise
– In the 14th arrondissement: Place Flora Tristan
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