More than 100 nudists have tested positive for the coronavirus in a “very careful” outbreak at a popular naturist holiday resort in France, according to reports.
The Cap d’Agde resort on the Mediterranean coast reported 38 infections on Monday – and 57 tested positive on Wednesday, the Guardian reported, citing the regional Ministry of Health.
Managers at the resort, which welcomes about 35,000 visitors each summer, acknowledged that so-called ‘barrier gestures’, however, according to the Sun, are impossible among nudists.
The rate of infection was four times higher among the lean dippers than in nearby communities, the reports said.
Another 50 holidaymakers also had positive tests for the bug after returning home, according to the Guardian, which said additional test results are expected. The figures are “very worrying,” the health ministry said.
“We are in an alarming situation, so we ask that all the people of the village be tested before they leave the place and go somewhere else,” a spokesman for the Hérault Prefecture told The Sun.
“And we also ask all people who want to come to this naturist village to postpone their arrival,” said the rep, who added that at least two of those infected work at prestigious hotels in Cap d’Agde.
On Sunday, France reported nearly 2,400 new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours, the highest number since May.
Health Minister Olivier Veran acknowledged that there were “risks” in the levels of incoming infections across the country, which has more than 280,000 confirmed infections and 30,518 deaths – the third-highest toll in Europe after the UK and Italy.
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