- For several days, the department of Mayenne has faced a rebound in the number of cases of people contaminated by Covid-19.
- Several elected officials of the department claim that the wearing of the mask in closed public places is compulsory as soon as possible.
Hurry up. The president of the departmental council of Mayenne Olivier Richefou (UDI) demanded on Wednesday a prefectoral decree making the wearing of the mask compulsory in closed public places as soon as possible while several mayors of the department took a decree in this direction.
"Are we able to confine France in forty-eight hours and would we have to wait three weeks to force us to wear a mask?" It's almost laughable, "said Olivier Richefou on Wednesday. The day before, he had already asked on Twitter for a prefectural decree on the subject. " It's urgent ! ", He had estimated.
I propose to Mr the Prefect to speed up this decision, in compliance with the law, for the @lamayenne department: there is an emergency! @ Prefet53 @ars_pdl @MinSoliSante @YannickBORDE https://t.co/Wze2Zxkd9v
- Olivier Richefou (@olivierrichefou) July 14, 2020"It's on the right track," said the president of the Mayenne departmental council on Wednesday, saying that he had exchanged "twice" with the prefect on the subject. According to the elected official, the prefectural decree should make it mandatory to wear a mask in enclosed public places in municipalities near coronavirus outbreaks, such as Laval, Craon or Château-Gontier. The prefecture of Mayenne said that there was "no signed order yet", without giving further details.
In addition, the mayor of Saint-Berthevin Yannick Borde published on Twitter a municipal decree dated July 15 making it compulsory to wear a mask "for people over 11 years old" in shops, "all places closed or confined open to the public "," in public spaces with high potential traffic and those with intense human interactions "and" all places involving immediate promiscuity ".
Macron has set the course for August 1
The town hall of Château-Gontier has, for its part, made it mandatory to wear a mask in all establishments in the municipality open to the public, according to its website. The town halls of Changé and Cossé-le-Vivien have taken similar measures, according to local press.
The government wants to "go as quickly as possible" on the introduction of the wearing of the mandatory mask in "closed public places" even if Emmanuel Macron "gave August 1 as a possible course in terms of schedule" said on Wednesday the door - word of the government Gabriel Attal.
Mayenne has just crossed the alert threshold
La Mayenne, which has several Covid-19 outbreaks, slightly exceeded the alert threshold with 50.1 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants detected in seven days, according to the public health agency France Public Health (SpF).
A massive screening plan for the entire population over the age of 10, or around 300,000 people, has been launched in this department.
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Coronavirus: New cases of Covid-19, the alert threshold exceeded in Mayenne
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