2023-09-15 15:18:00
This night from Friday to Saturday, from 2 a.m., a specific perimeter of the Dombasle district, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, will come alive. An unprecedented mosquito control operation will be carried out by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) and the Regional Mosquito Control Agency. A necessary intervention after three cases of dengue fever, a viral disease transmitted when an infected tiger mosquito bites, were confirmed in the area.
An approved insecticide product will be sprayed into the air. The 15th century town hall therefore sent a letter to local residents this Thursday evening warning them to confine themselves to their pets, and to close their windows. The district mayor (LR), Philippe Goujon, told Le Parisien – Today in France on Thursday that “residents will not notice anything”. Indeed… and maybe even a little too much.
“I haven’t received anything,” says Giselle, a resident of the neighborhood for twenty-two years, when we mention the letter addressed to local residents. Marie, a resident for around twenty years, learned about it thanks to her husband, who “buys the newspaper every morning”. Astride, a resident for three years, vaguely admits that the operation means something to her: “I think I saw a poster in the hall, but I rarely pay attention to it. Communication should have been strengthened. I just have to go to the pharmacy,” says the young woman.
For his part, Aurélien, a resident of Dombasle for four years, is more alert: “It’s worrying that we weren’t warned sooner. It’s hot so some residents will surely sleep with their windows open… I received an email from the trustee just an hour ago and there is a poster in the hall. I also received a letter from the town hall today, but I haven’t opened it yet,” he admits.
The restaurateurs are well informed, but only since this Thursday. To allow the authorities to carry out mosquito control operations, they will have to close their establishments earlier than planned. Pretty bad timing since Friday evening is one of the most important times of their week. “We are disgusted,” announces Mathieu Moglia, co-responsible for the Le Convention brewery. We normally close at 2 a.m., but at 1 a.m. everyone will have to be gone. We don’t understand why they are doing this operation on a Friday. It would make more sense on Sunday. »
“We’re going to lose some money, that’s for sure.”
Same story opposite, at the Dupont Café Convention: “We organized ourselves to finish around 1 a.m. – 1:30 a.m., time to do the cleaning and checkout. But warning us so late is not nice, says Julia Canseco, manager and bartender. Then, it’s surprising to do this on a Friday when there will be lots of people in the streets. »
The urgency of the alert forced the municipality and health authorities to act in this way. Moreover, a little further away, rue Alain-Chartier, Asia Buiukian, assistant to the director of Le Quotidien, is more nuanced: “It is certain that it would have been better if they did that on another day but if not This is just one time… We’re going to lose a little money, that’s for sure, but it’s for a good cause. »
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