Etienne Guyot, the prefect of Haute-Garonne on Thursday issued a decree making it compulsory to present the health pass to access shopping centers of more than 20,000 square meters in the department, reports The Dispatch. A Swedish furniture store is also affected by this decision which will be effective from Monday August 16.
Eight shopping centers and a store in Toulouse and the department will therefore check the validity of customers’ health passes. As of August 11, the incidence rate of Covid-19 in Haute-Garonne was 398.4 per 100,000 inhabitants.