new restrictions in ski resorts, closures in the world of culture

France recorded more than 104,000 new Covid-19 contaminations in 24 hours, Saturday, December 25. A record figure that has consequences. In Savoy, faced with the influx of tourists, the prefect has tightened up the sanitary rules. In the department, the incidence rate is 992 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, double the national average. So the mask became compulsory again in all the streets of 38 stations, as is already the case for the ski lifts.

“We’re in the open air and that’s a bit of a shame. But if it’s to keep the stations open, we wear it”, a woman reacts. Alcohol consumption is prohibited in public spaces from 4 p.m. and drinking while standing in bars is prohibited. The idea is to preserve a sector hit hard by the crisis, such as culture. Cancellations are raining. In Paris, no Don Quixote at the Opéra Bastille, nor King Lion at the Mogador theater. There are too many positive cases among artists. The Moulin Rouge cabaret hopes to reopen for New Year’s Eve.