A person wearing a mask in the street (Illustration). - Shutterstock / SIPA

Jean-François Delfraissy, President of the Scientific Council, advocated this Tuesday that the most precarious French people have free masks to fight against the spread of the coronavirus. The official nevertheless specified that neither he nor the college of specialists of which he is the head had officially called for such a measure.

"There is a lot of emphasis on the most fragile, the most precarious people, who are not necessarily only the homeless and migrants," he explained on the antennas of RMC and BFM TV. We insisted a lot that all the means be given to them, with a kind of free ".

Mandatory in all enclosed places

The question arises more since the wearing of the mask became compulsory in all the closed places of the French territory since Monday, notes Le Parisien . The Ile-de-France media estimate the maximum budget that certain families must spend each month to comply with the health measure at more than 200 euros. The calculation is made on the basis of disposable masks purchased 95 cents each to equip a household consisting of two adults and two children over the age of 11.

For the same household, the monthly budget increases to 96 euros when using reusable masks that can be washed ten times. The equipment is not reimbursed by health insurance and many elected officials are asking the State to pay for it, for everyone. "If masks are mandatory, they must be free," said Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Twitter.

If #masks are required, they must be free. Insubordinate France has tabled a bill. Come on, LREM: vote useful for once! pic.twitter.com/xUzN3g9ABM

- Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) July 20, 2020

This recommendation was quickly followed by the government. As of Tuesday, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, announced to the National Assembly that the executive would "restart this distribution of free masks intended for precarious populations, in particular to those who benefit from complementary solidarity health", recalling that 5 million masks had already been distributed after deconfinement.

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