It’s a surprise on the map of departments under curfew. The Lozère. 18 deaths from the Coronavirus since the start of the epidemic, including 9 in 6 weeks and an incidence rate of 163 among the lowest in Occitania. The 77,000 inhabitants are in shock and elected officials do not understand this measure.
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Until Thursday evening and the announcement of Jean Castex of the 54 departments under curfew in France for at least 6 weeks, Lozère believed itself spared and its inhabitants thought to live in a haven of peace, far from the horrors of the severe restrictions of large cities due to the Coronavirus epidemic.
This summer, Lozère even experienced record tourist attendance rates thanks to its “Covid singularity”, 9 deaths in 6 months, this is the lowest rate in France and also thanks to its low population density, 15 inhabitants per km2.
From tonight, it will be a curfew, like in Montpellier, Nîmes or Toulouse! It must be said that curfew at 9 p.m. in autumn in Chanac, Massegros or Pont-de-Montvert, it will not make much difference to a usual night. The places will be calm, very calm.
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Reaction of the mayor of Mende “it is a brutal measure of Paris”
For Laurent Suau, this curfew is incomprehensible in Mende and Lozère. “It is not suited to our territory”. For the mayor, it is the figures of Covid cases in nursing homes that distort the results and the analysis of the situation.
It is a brutal measure of Paris.
As of October 23, Lozère had 18 deaths in total, since the start of the Coronavirus epidemic, including 9 deaths in recent weeks. 5 at the Meyrueis nursing home, elderly people hospitalized or in hospital at home and 4 because of a cluster at the Langogne nursing home. But the official figure of ARS Occitanie is 8 dead because 5 victims hospitalized in Lozère were from neighboring departments.
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And Laurent Suau explains that this measure imposed without discussion, unlike the dialogue advocated between mayor and prefect, by the Prime Minister, will not change anything. Because apart from the nursing homes clusters, there are very few cases of infection, only 18 people in the hospital (4 in Mende and 14 in Langogne), including 2 in intensive care for 6 available beds, (one Covid + patient and one non Covid).
The reaction of the mayor of Mende is not a unique case, in Langogne, Saint-Chély-d’Apcher or Florac, even surprise and even incredulity in this curfew.
Reaction of the mayor of Langogne “it’s paid dearly for Lozère”
For Marc Oziol, who was himself a victim of the Covid, this curfew is above all a hard blow for bars and restaurants but also for associations and sports clubs.
The traders are angry. Despite state aid, some are playing for survival. I think the curfew in Lozère is excessive. Here, people are responsible and follow instructions. They do not understand why they are being penalized this way.
According to the mayor, the prefect of Lozère during her audio conference to announce the curfew, spoke of a 3-week measure. However, Jean Castex announced 6 weeks of restrictions. Marc Oziol therefore now wants to ask the representative of the State for explanations.
Reaction of the mayor of Marvejols “is this a step towards re-containment?”
For Patricia Brémond, it is difficult to understand such a measure in the rural department, the least populated in France, where cases of Covid are few.
It is an unjust national measure applied without consultation in La Lozère.
“I fear a lot for the economic health of our small businesses linked to restaurants and tourism, 6 weeks like this, even if the prefect told us about measures applicable until November 15, they will not hold. And I hope this is not the first step towards a re-containment … “.
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“Imported” Covid cases
Since the start of the pandemic, Lozère has been very spared. And the cases of Covid recorded have often been “imported” into Lozère by people from neighboring departments.
This is the case for the nursing homes located in the north of the department which welcome residents of Ardèche, Haute-Loire and Aveyron, where the incidence rates of the virus vary between 300 and 410 per 100,000, which is far des 163 de la Lozère.
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