Please ! The mask is mandatory in town
. This remark, the municipal police of Niort made it dozens of times, this Saturday morning, October 24, in the streets of the city center of the capital of mutual insurance companies, inviting the most dazed
among us to respect the new measure taken by the Prefect of Deux-Sèvres with regard to the evolution of the health situation.
Since Friday, October 23, towns of more than 5,000 inhabitants of the department are concerned. And the decree which applies initially until November 14 is rather well accepted… if not fully respected. Many people tell us that they are not aware of it, but that they understand the prefectural decision. Moreover, the vast majority have a mask in their pocket and put it on immediately. Some would be in favor of setting up billboards. We will pass on the information ”,
explains a public highway surveillance agent, also engaged in preventive action not far from the market.
“Maybe we will avoid a curfew”
The decision of the Prefect of Deux-Sèvres, who took care upstream to consult the mayors of the municipalities concerned, was predictable. Indispensable even in the eyes of many elected officials worried about the deterioration of indicators. If we apply the mask well, we may avoid a curfew in the weeks to come ”,
explains Jérôme Baloge. mayor of Niort, he highlights a real increase this week in Covid-19 cases
on the perimeter of the city.
Rather spared during the first wave, our department is now facing the epidemic. But how could it be otherwise with regard to the map? “All the territories are affected, some like Maine-et-Loire or Indre-et-Loire to name that the closest have turned red. It is obvious that no one is immune any longer. “
The mayor of Niort therefore invites everyone to act for a good cause and to respect the wearing of a mask, already mandatory on the market since confinement. This weekend, the municipal police will highlight the educational side of the information. But in the days to come, the recalcitrant will be punished.
Questioned at the end of the morning, Jérôme Baloge assured that he had not had any negative comments from the Niortais. ” Many find wearing a mask normal.
We can bet that everyone applies the measure.
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