In order to take the lead in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic and without waiting for national directives, Patrick Marengo, the mayor of Royan (Charente-Maritime), signed this week a decree making it compulsory to wear "protection buccal and nasal in public space ". The text was to enter into force on Thursday, it will not be.
According to Sud Ouest , the prefect of Charente-Maritime, Nicolas Basselier, informed the Royan councilor that the order "exceeded his police powers". "It was an additional way of fighting the epidemic by knowing that one of the vectors of transmission of the Covid-19 is by airborne by sending postilions. I also noticed that other cities applied this measure elsewhere in France, ”explained Patrick Marengo to our colleagues.
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A mayor who should sign, this Thursday, a new decree in order to "encourage, and not impose, the wearing of nasal and oral protection". As for the previous text, it provided for a fine of 38 euros for each citizen not wearing "a medical mask, a scarf, a scarf or other", said the elected official, who launched a call for goodwill to make " barrier masks "made of fabric in order to distribute them to Royans.
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