Shortage, need or not to wear it… Since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic in France, the question of masks has been raised in many controversies. This Thursday, the debate rebounded in Aveyron, with an official statement from the prefect Catherine de la Robertie, and the president of the Departmental Association of Mayors (ADM 12), Jean-Louis Grimal.
| # Covid19 | ❌⚠️ PRESS RELEASE: disclaimer - wearing #masque. "Our fellow citizens can therefore travel without wearing a mask and any other information should be denied" @MairesAveyron pic.twitter.com/9llHM5EbUI
- Prefect of Aveyron (@ Prefet12) April 9, 2020This text comes "firmly deny" an announcement "that some mayors have relayed locally": wearing a mask would become mandatory when traveling on public roads.
"This erroneous information provokes legitimate questions among our fellow citizens," said the press release. "Only the prefect, empowered in this by the Prime Minister's decree of March 23, 2020, could decide on such a measure within the framework of the state of health emergency, which is not the case to date. Mayors are not competent to decide locally on the compulsory wearing of a mask for travel on public roads. "
Pending a possible prefectural control, Aveyronnaises and Aveyronnais can therefore always move without mask in the street during confinement, to go shopping, for example.
The department, like the Occitanie region in general, remains relatively untouched by the epidemic. Wednesday evening, 52 people were hospitalized because of the Covid-19 in the department, including eight in intensive care. 14 patients died in hospital. At least nine Ehpad are affected by the epidemic, including that of Firmi where four residents died, according to Center Presse Aveyron .
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