Wearing a mask is made compulsory in many French municipalities, including Marseille (photo illustration). - MASTAR / SIPA

Would it be a bad pun to talk about the contagion effect? After Nice, Lille or Saint-Tropez, wearing a mask is made compulsory in certain districts of Marseille. The prefect delegate for equal opportunities Marie Aubert decided to impose the mask around the Old Port (between 10 a.m. and 4 a.m.), on the promenade of the Prado beaches and the Borély sector, on the Cours-Julien and around the Place de la Plaine (from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m.).

"There is an increase in cases among 20-40 year olds, who participate in festive gatherings and are often asymptomatic, with a risk of contamination for those around them", detailed Marie Aubert, who acts as the regional prefect. . His decree comes into effect on Saturday and will be in effect until the end of August.

First signs of recovery

Thursday, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region had raised the level of vigilance of Bouches-du-Rhône from "limited" to "moderate", facing the first signs of a resumption of the epidemic and a "relaxation of behavior observed during the summer period", according to the prefect.

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