Tonight, at 17 h 17 in the center of Nice. – Élise Martin / ANP / 19 Minutes
  • When of the week of 20 December to 30 December, the incidence rate was 310 in the Alpes-Maritimes against 136 at the scale of France.
  • The department, like fourteen others, is affected by an advanced curfew at 18 h which forces the inhabitants to reorganize their daily life.

” Following curfew, your store closes at 17 h 55 ”, Do we read on the entrance doors of a supermarket in the city center of Nice. In front of the Monoprix on avenue Jean-Médecin, the security guard refuses entry to ten people in less than five minutes.

He remains firm despite all the justifications he hears: “People are leaving their jobs and they had to go pick up their children. But the instructions are clear and to 10 h, everyone must be gone. »Since Saturday, he says that every night, it’s the same thing: the race to do the shopping.

Clara and Thomas are among the last to leave the store, their arms full. “We have no more life”, they summarize in one sentence the situation they are living with

this new curfew. decided to fight against the spread of the Covid – 18. “It’s a real question of organization when we finish work and just have time to go home. Even for the only activity that we were still allowed, , we have to adapt, we have no choice ”. The wallet of the couple of 20 years also suffers: “Before, you could go to a larger area and pay less. There, we have to go as closely as possible and it is not advantageous. ”

“Everyone will meet in the same place on weekends”

After eighteen hours, the avenue empties. Some run while others wait patiently for the tram. “There are still a lot of people anyway because there are a lot of people to finish late,” notes Anne-Marie, who has an exceptional travel certificate. With my working hours, I will meet up with everyone this weekend to do my shopping. We will all be in the same place so it’s not necessarily smarter. ”

Opinion shared by Isabelle. Accountant in Monaco, she arrives in Nice after 17 h 30. “I finish at 17 h so I hurry to get a train. Then I hurry to get home. That means there is no more decompression airlock. I don’t get out of my working day and I leave the next day with this additional stress. ”

Without flexible hours, she is also forced to cancel her activity within a food harvesting and distribution association. “After restaurants, cultural places, sport, something is being taken away from me. And yet, the coronavirus is still running! “During the week of 20 December to 30 December, the incidence rate was 310 in the Alpes-Maritimes against 136 nationwide.

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