This Saturday, January 30, 2021, the queues in the two largest shopping centers in Montpellier recalled those in front of supermarkets, during the first confinement. On Friday January 29, the government made new decisions to stem the Covid-19 epidemic, including the closure of non-food shopping centers of more than 20,000 m².
This measure, combined with the winter sales and rainy weather, created long queues in the Odysseum and Polygone shopping centers. These gatherings did not reassure some customers. “People are piled on top of each other, notes Valérie, who has come to buy a costume for her son. In the midst of a pandemic, it is not safe.“
We were a bit caught off guard – Roger Naro, director of the Polygone shopping center
For the moment, the Hérault prefecture has not communicated on the list of the infrastructures concerned, nor on the conditions of application of this measure. In the meantime, Roger Naro, director of the Polygone shopping center, has gone fishing for information. This Saturday, he spent his day dissecting the Prime Minister’s statements and obtaining clarifications from right to left.
The mall manager decided to allow certain stores to open : Monoprix, food shops, pharmacy and tobacco. Questions remain unanswered: “Can we do click and collect as in the second confinement? Which gauge should we apply? Will there be differences in treatment between closed and open-air shopping malls?”
A decree should be released soon.
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