What if the mask became, like the 20 Minutes newspaper , an object not only essential, absolutely unmissable in 2020 but also free? Several elected officials pleaded for this on Monday, especially in Paris, in order to stem the coronavirus epidemic, which has been on the rise in recent days.
“The cost of masks severely penalizes the most vulnerable populations. To guarantee its equal access to all and the generalization of its use, I call for its free access, ”said LR deputy from Alpes-Maritimes, Eric Ciotti, on Twitter.
Mask everywhere, paying nowhere
For the LR mayor of the 15th arrondissement of the capital, Philippe Goujon, "in Paris, we have the feeling that the authorities are looking for each other". "The mask should be compulsory everywhere, and offered free to the population," he added on BFM Paris .
Anne Souyris, assistant for health at the town hall of Paris, for her part affirmed on LCI that “we must adopt with the mask the same strategy as that taken on condoms to fight against HIV: free or supervised distribution in terms of price at the entrance to closed premises ”.
Still more cases in France
Also on LCI, Maxime Cochard, PCF adviser in Paris, estimated that "if everyone agrees that we must extend the obligation to wear the mask, then the government must make the masks free".
For his part Luc Carvounas, mayor PS of Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), estimated on Twitter that "the masks must be free" by wondering: "What is the state doing? Nothing… ”, and arguing that“ Alfortville supports free distribution for the poorest ”.
According to the latest figures from Public Health France posted online Sunday evening, France has recorded more than 3,000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, like Saturday, a threshold unprecedented since May. The total number of deaths since the start of the epidemic stands at 30,410 in France.
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