Here is the type of mask that will be distributed to residents of Rennes Métropole from May 8 to combat the spread of the coronavirus. - Rennes Ville and Métropole

We now know what the masks will look like, which will soon be distributed to the inhabitants of metropolitan Rennes. Made in sober white and certified by the General Directorate of Armaments, these protections supposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus will be given free from May 8 to the hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of the metropolis. In what conditions ? This remains to be defined. In Rennes, a letter will be sent to the inhabitants to inform them of the procedures for removing their mask. An appointment will be made and proof of address is compulsory. For the 35 other municipalities associated with the order, they will be free to organize.

Passed by the metropolis, the order of the 500,000 masks will be invoiced 2.5 million euros, or 4.55 euros per mask. An amount which may seem relatively high but which is explained by the local supply chosen by the community.

A little more expensive than Nantes but local!

Rennes Métropole thus called on several companies from the department located in Liffré (BFL, Maroquinerie 35), Fougères (Aqualux, FIM, Façon Lux and ELC) and in Brûlon, in Sarthe (Femilux). Each fabric used has been selected "for its particle filtration qualities and its breathability" but also to minimize its environmental impact during its production. In Nantes, the masks will cost three euros, specifies Le Télégramme , but they are made in Portugal.

When? How? 'Or' What ? 5 infos on the distribution of masks to the inhabitants of #Renneshttps: //t.co/upyRnZAK86 pic.twitter.com/sqF3ILhiKo

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If it ordered 500,000 masks, the Rennes metropolis only plans to acquire half of them. It will finance half the price of the products ordered by the city of Rennes and the 35 municipalities of its inter-municipality. The remaining 250,000 masks will be given to the sixty other towns of Ille-et-Vilaine which are associated with the order.

To distribute these masks to the population, a call for volunteers was launched among community officials. In twenty-four hours, 340 agents had registered to ensure permanence. From May 8, it will take ten days to distribute all the masks in Rennes. About fifteen points of public places distributed in the city were selected.

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