Ski resorts: mask in the ski lifts, sanitary pass… Jean Castex’s announcements – actu.fr

Lovers of ski will be able to rediscover the pleasures of skiing in complete safety this winter, thanks to the implementation of a health protocol presented this Saturday, November 6, 2021 by Jean Castex during a trip to Haute-Savoie.

So the wearing a mask will be compulsory in the queues of lifts ski resorts. On the other hand, the health pass will only be required if the national incidence rate exceeds 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

This sanitary protocol is intended according to the Prime Minister to “guarantee” the holding of a “dignified season”, after a last very difficult winter for the mountain sector with the closure of ski lifts due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

LIVE | The Prime Minister @JeanCastex speaks to the mayors of Haute-Savoie in La-Roche-sur-Foron. https://t.co/CZjzbFS9a0

– Government (@gouvernementFR) November 6, 2021

Random checks in the queues

As the new ski season starts gradually, the government has therefore chosen the option of a reinforced protocol of wearing the mask in the cable cars and outside in the queues and places of mixing. A distancing will also be imposed in the queues of the lifts, “with random checks”. Once installed on the chairlift, the mask can be removed in the open air.

This protocol must enter into force At the beginning of next week, said Secretary of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne to AFP.

the health pass is not required at this stage to climb to the top of the slopes. But it could become so if the health situation continues to deteriorate, while the epidemic has experienced a definite resurgence in recent weeks.

The executive decided to set the trigger threshold where the pass will become mandatory at an incidence rate of 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants at the national level. Because “you welcome a public come from everywhere”, indicated Jean Castex to elected officials and local actors during a meeting in Grand-Bornand.

Guarantee the “health safety of skiers”

“It’s a good balance, given what the vaccination rates are otherwise,” Castex told AFP. “It guarantees the health safety of skiers and the accomplishment of the activity” of the stations, he added, before a speech at the 88th congress of mayors of Haute-Savoie in La Roche-sur-Foron.

In recent days, the incidence rate has risen above the bar. 60 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in France. In addition, 76.1% of the population received at least one dose of vaccine.

” Security and attractiveness can only mix well. Even Switzerland has put the pass. The epidemic is not over, we must make this conciliation ”, insisted Mr. Castex to the local elected officials.

Among the elected, Éric Fournier, mayor of Chamonix and regional councilor close to Laurent Wauquiez (LR), welcomed a ” strong, clear and crisp signal “. ” It is the right answer. Thank you, ”he added.

Source: © 2021 AFP

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