The mayor of Marseille Benoît Payan “relieved and happy” of the reopening

Live from a café in the Old Port with Apolline de Malherbe this Wednesday morning on RMC, the mayor of Marseille shared his first impressions for this new phase of deconfinement. He believes that it is a relief for the Marseillais who have particularly suffered from the Covid-19 crisis.

“It was difficult for the Marseillais, we lived through complicated times. We had a very strong circulation of the virus, we were the first big city to close. It was difficult for everyone. So it is this morning. , not only relieved but happy. “

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“The traders don’t want help, they want to be able to do their job”

He explains that the municipality is working on the collective effort of ephemeral terraces, and announces that the town hall will “probably leave them until the end of the summer”, and for free.

“The traders do not want help, they want to be able to do their job. They were tired of waiting. They will be able to expand into parking spaces, they will be able to expand to gradually recover a figure. ‘business. And the Marseillais want to go back to the terrace to eat and have a drink. “

Regarding vaccination, the mayor is proud to have the largest vaccinodrome in the country with the Olympique de Marseille stadium.

“The Velodrome stadium is the largest vaccination center in France. We vaccinated the 200,000th person in the city. It was essential to do this to reduce the circulation of the virus. We are able to vaccinate even more if the government sends us more doses. Today we have 6,000 people, if we had more doses we could do 8,000 doses or even 10,000 doses at the Vélodrome. “

“This summer on the beach there will be no sense in having a mask”

Regarding the mask outdoors which begins to fall gradually, the mayor is cautious but ensures that common sense will prevail.

“This summer on the beach there will be no sense in having a mask. When you are in public transport, however, you have to put on the mask. No recklessness. It will be done slowly.”

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