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Quiberon

[keebuh-rawn]

noun

  1. a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.



Quiberon

/ kibrɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a peninsula of NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: a naval battle was fought off its coast in 1759 during the Seven Years' War, in which the British defeated the French

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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.

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