“I missed it during confinement! says Carine who has just left, wet hair and a smile on her face. I used to swim outdoors and the weather was good today. I will be able to come back, I swim about 2 hours and I come 3 to 4 times a week.”This Villejuif resident is not at all worried. “They have done studies, chlorine prevents contamination, I am reassured, I am not afraid at all. I’m glad it’s open to everyone!“ Two days after the official reopening, 71 people came on Wednesday, while the maximum capacity is 200 people. Everyone is welcome, without a test or medical certificate. “At noon, I saw those who come to really swim, the afternoon is more the teenagers“, Notes the swimmer.
To respect sanitary constraints, a unique circuit that prevents people from crossing paths has been set up and the wearing of a mask is compulsory until the showers. See timetables and practical information.
“We are so happy. As we are on vacation and the weather is nice, it will be too good“, Projects Habib, 15 years old. “We swim but we can also sit next to it, chat, sunbathe … It will make us forget the Covid a little. We will be able to take off our masks! ” adds Mélissa. “Anyway, in the water, it can’t be transmitted. We have nothing to fear, chlorine kills the covid“, Consider Léa and Simon. “I have already had the Covid ”, tranche Habib.
The protocol is strict, Sylvain, maintenance agent, ensures that “hygiene is impeccable ”. “Hygiene is improved but we were already paying attention, covid or not covid.” On this third day of opening, the crowd is not yet important, but “If it is 30 degrees on a weekend, it is true that cleaning will be more complicated. Sometimes we already have people who complain or worry but everything is under control“, He says.
“We didn’t need to hire extra staff, normally that’s enough, explains Lucas Trigon, the director of the swimming pool. In addition, with this unique circuit, people do not cross each other, and we try to dirty as little as possible by not using the lockers for example, and by not going through the showers after swimming. Users take their belongings to the side of the basin, they are not stored. But it is true that there is more cleaning, the disinfection is more thorough. There are clever little people who try to cheat, to get around the unique route. But overall everything is fine“, He testifies.
The director wonders about the rest. “We don’t really have any news. On May 2, we will be able to reopen for school children, we will ensure that they do not meet other audiences, we will change the hours.“The arrival of summer worries him above all. “It’s going to be difficult to enforce social distancing when the pool is full. Our security teams sometimes already have trouble managing the few incivilities, we will see how it goes.“
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