In Savoie, in a context of Christmas holidays (crossover weekend) and an increase in accidents linked to skiing,
a prefectural decree has extended since this Friday measures in force since November 30. They oblige people aged 11 and over to wear a mask, including outdoors, in places with more than ten people, such as markets, theaters and games, shops, stations, bars, marquees, etc.
Faced with the influx of tourists in resorts and the deterioration of the health situation, wearing a mask is also compulsory for 11 years old and over 9 a.m. to midnight in the municipalities of Chambéry, Aix-les-Bains and Albertville and the municipalities of ski resorts (such as Tignes, Les Arcs or La Plagne).
The decree extended by the prefect of Savoie Pascal Bolot also spreads the ban on consuming alcohol in ski resorts on public roads from 4 p.m., the obligation to sit down to drink and eat in the bars and restaurants of the 38 ski resorts in Savoie.
Do not increase the pressure on hospitals
On Tuesday, the incidence rate in Savoie was 759 cases per 100,000, with a positivity rate at 9%, or 15 times the epidemic threshold. A high level of contamination which poses a risk to hospitals, where 82 patients were hospitalized for Covid-19 on December 21, including 21 in critical care services.
⛷# SanitaryPass Control reinforced in station #LeCorbier / The prefect recalled yesterday the importance of control #PassSanitary to 👦🏽👩 in charge of checks in bars and ski lifts
➕10,000 👧👨controlled in the stations since their opening# gendarmerie73 pic.twitter.com/rZjYfm1QZw
– Prefect of Savoy (@ Prefet73) December 23, 2021
At the beginning of December, Pascal Bolot had relaunched the compulsory mask, from the age of 6, at the foot of the ski lifts, in the chairlifts or the cable cars. The health pass remains compulsory to visit these places and, according to the prefecture, more than 10,000 checks have been carried out since the opening of the Savoyard stations.