« We were one of the cities most spared, we do not want to become the most weakened by the Covid-19. ” For the mayor (LR) of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc, “On the eve of the start of the school year and therefore of a significant mixing of the population, the decision was necessary”. This decision, taken in consultation with the regional health agency, and in agreement with the Prefect of the Occitanie region, Etienne Guyot, consists of extending the obligation to wear a mask throughout the town and for one month, while, until then, only certain districts were concerned.
According to figures communicated by Public Health France, the incidence rate would have tripled in Haute-Garonne in a short time – to reach more than 37 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants. On Wednesday August 19, this incidence rate was particularly high in Toulouse, with 64.2 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Thursday, August 20, it reached 74, more than in the spring at the heart of the health crisis.
Since Friday, August 21 at 7 a.m., wearing a mask is compulsory between 7 a.m. and 3 a.m., throughout the city. ” We observed a high rate among young people between 20 and 30 years old and the presence of fourteen clusters. While there is still no significant impact on hospitalizations, we prefer to prevent and above all protect the most vulnerable ”, affirmed the prefect during a press conference on August 19.
The measure concerns those over 11 years old and will be accompanied by a strengthening of screening with the setting up of two additional drives, in addition to the current four where 5,900 people have already taken the test. In the city of 110,000 students, pedagogy and controls will continue, while verbalizations could increase.
On the quays, in the narrow streets winding towards the Place du Capitole, or in the very busy rue Saint-Rome, it is difficult to see, Friday August 21, someone without their mask.
The day before, at 8 p.m., there were about a hundred of them queuing in front of the provisional driveway installed on Place Saint-Pierre, the beating and festive heart of the city, overlooking the quays. For Pauline, 32, accompanied by Marine, 31, “The info circulated on social networks, and we finally come to be tested. Before, it wasn’t really possible, the other drives are far away and only open in the morning ”.
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