the sanitary pass will be compulsory in the ski lifts in Haute-Savoie
The health pass will become mandatory to access the ski lifts in Haute-Savoie ski resorts, from December 4, due to the deterioration of the epidemic. Checks take place especially when purchasing the package.
Haute-Savoie ski resorts subject to the health pass. The news was announced by the prefect on Friday November 26 at a press conference. Due to an incidence rate exceeding 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the trigger threshold set by the government, skiers will have to justify a complete vaccination or present a PCR test of less than 24 hours to use the ski lifts. .
At the national level, the incidence rate of Covid-19 reached 231 cases per 100,000 inhabitants as of November 23, 213 for the department of Haute-Savoie. The epidemic signals therefore switch to red, triggering the establishment of the health pass in addition to wearing a mask. in the cable cars and the queues for the ski lifts, already compulsory throughout the country.
This protocol, announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex when he came to Le Grand-Bornand, will apply from the opening of the stations on December 4. A decision “which is not a surprise given the deterioration of the health situation linked to Covid-19 “, comments the Arâches-la-Frasse resort.
“People will be checked when purchasing their ski pass. And since not everyone skis, random checks will be carried out in the resort”, explained Alexandre Maulin, president of the Domaines skiables de France (DSF), for whom this news was expected.
“It is not a control, it will be a check”, explained the prefect of Haute-Savoie Alain Espinasse, quoted by The Savoyard rise, specifying that “this will not be a reason to refuse the sale of the package”. The police can also carry out checks in stations, in particular in bars and restaurants., to verbalize offenders. Note that seasonal workers in ski areas will also be subject to this health pass obligation.