Nearly 5,000 checks were carried out on Saturday and Sunday throughout the department to enforce health measures against the Covid-19 epidemic.
No confinement but reinforced controls. Throughout the weekend, in accordance with the instructions of the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin, the police carried out “more than 4,936 checks” throughout the North department, announced the prefecture in a report. press release this Monday.
In total, no less than 696 verbalizations were written for non-compliance with health measures against the Covid-19 epidemic.
“Other control operations will continue to be carried out over the next few days throughout the department,” the prefecture also promises.
Reinforced restrictions
As a reminder, since January 16, a curfew has been in effect between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. prohibiting all travel outside the home, except for exceptional reasons. Offenders face a fine of 135 euros and up to 3,570 euros in the event of a repeat offense.
To this measure, has been added since Sunday the closure of non-food shopping centers with a surface area greater than 20,000m² as well as non-food businesses in shopping centers and shopping malls with a useful commercial surface area greater than 20,000m².
In addition, in open shops, the health protocol has been reinforced with a smaller number accepted in establishments depending on their size. Stores with a surface area of over 400m² cannot therefore accommodate a greater number of customers than that allowing each person to reserve a surface of 10m².
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