While the year it only has 250 inhabitants, in summer, Aix Island, the smallest town in Charente-Maritime, sees a flock of many owners of second homes and an endless stream of tourists who have come to visit the Napoleonic museum in particular. But in recent days, an surge in the number of Covid-19 cases has been identified by the doctor of the village located off the peninsula of Fouras.
Faced with the health risk, the mayor, Patrick Denaud, decided to reinstate the curfew on Tuesday evening. He thus took a
municipal decree prohibiting all movement and circulation between midnight and 6 a.m., except for a compelling reason. A decision which has just been challenged by the prefecture, indicating that this decision “is not based on legal bases and therefore cannot be applicable”.
However, “given the very touristy nature of the island”, “the State services have agreed with the municipality to put in place without delay a certain number of measures”. Several thousand self-tests will thus be distributed, as well as screening and awareness-raising operations on the barrier gestures deployed, Law enforcement checks, in particular on compliance with wearing a mask, barrier measures in establishments receiving public as well as the ban on alcohol consumption on public roads will be strengthened.