A week before the gradual deconfinement promised by Emmanuel Macron, the State will distribute masks to the French men and women. The Secretary of State for the Economy Agnès Pannier-Runacher affirms it in an interview with Les Echos to be published this Friday. “The State will contribute to providing citizens with masks for the general public as soon as possible through the most suitable distribution channels. First experiments will be made from May 4. "
“Several distribution methods have been identified to allow as many French people as possible to access them. The field of possibilities is very wide and we look at all the hypotheses: pharmacists, town halls, mass distribution, tobacconists, Afnor platform, e-commerce, etc. ", She adds.
However, “there are still questions to be answered: how to avoid a phenomenon of overstocking by some people at the risk of causing local supply disruptions? How to rely on local communities? Asked the Secretary of State, specifying that these questions will be arbitrated within the framework of the deconfinement plan.
10 million masks produced in France every week
For the time being, the government has "initiated a chain of manufacturing masks for the general public in textiles, most of the time washable and reusable", underlines Agnès Pannier-Runacher, affirming that production reached more than 10 million masks last week . "And the supply, through French production and imports, will increase rapidly to exceed 25 million washable masks per week at the end of April," she continues.
Asked about the advisability of regulating the selling prices of these masks, the Secretary of State said that "this is not topical".
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