Quiberon

That was too late to stop an outbreak in the town of Quiberon in the western region of Brittany, unleashed by a night club party last month.

Romain Arnal, a 20-year-old student, is among those who have been letting their hair - and their guard - down in Quiberon.

With 72 infections by Wednesday - mostly among that age group - uncovered in a week of furious contact tracing, the cluster on the Quiberon peninsula was thought to have originated with a supermarket summer worker who partied with others at a nightspot.

With 72 infections by Wednesday — mostly among that age group — uncovered in a week of furious contact tracing, the cluster on the Quiberon peninsula was thought to have originated with a supermarket summer worker who partied with others at a nightspot.

Worried by the infection spike, Arnal says he has gone to a makeshift testing station set up in Quiberon to contain the outbreak, but has been foiled by the long lines.