As Europe's beaches fill up with sunseekers, alarmed authorities face the challenge of keeping coronavirus in check while giving citizens the space and respite they need after months of lockdown restrictions.
Summer -- but with more rules
"Whether it arises this weekend or in mid-July it certainly will arise -- it's inevitable that we will have good weather at some point across the continent and the problem will come up," said Johnston, head of the Athlone Institute of Technology's department of hospitality, tourism and leisure. Authorities in some French prefectures, such as Landes in France's Nouvelle Aquitaine region have so far committed to opening beaches only for"dynamic individual physical activities."
Susan Michie, professor of health psychology at UCL, told CNN that evidence from long term quarantine situations from around the world has shown that lack of compliance often comes as a result of boredom, frustration, depression and anxiety. Governments, she said, should be clear, precise, and consistent with messaging this summer."You know exactly who's allowed to do what, when, where, and how."Risk of a second wave
The risk of spreading the virus would depend on how many people visit tourist hotspots, and how they act when they get there, he said.
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