Paris should not be left on the sidelines. After Lille, Tours, Biarritz, Toulouse or even Nice, the mask could become mandatory outdoors in the capital. According to information from Le Monde , the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo in favor of the measure, must forward this request to the police chief Didier Lallement, competent in the matter.
Faced with fear of a resumption of the epidemic, the authorities have stepped up measures in recent weeks. And after the obligation of the mask in closed places, including businesses, on July 20, the government has allowed prefects since July 31 to also impose it outside in places where they deem it necessary. "We are therefore going to ask that it become compulsory in outdoor places where there are a lot of people and where respecting the distance of one meter between each is difficult", estimates from the daily, Anne Souyris, the assistant to the mayor of Paris in charge of health.
Shopping streets, the quays of the Seine, parks and gardens
If the list of the places concerned is not recorded, Parisians, Parisians and tourists could probably soon be obliged to wear the mask in the shopping streets, the quays of the Seine, the parks and gardens, or even the open markets. A necessary device, we judge at the town hall. "We were already encouraging Parisians to use the mask as much as possible, but it was not very followed", acknowledges to the World , Anne Souyris who specifies that in the streets, "90% of people do not have one"
“After dropping until June, all indicators now show an increase in Covid-19 in Paris and its region,” she continues. And to clarify: “It's sad, but we are at the beginning of a second wave. "
"The balance is fragile and we can switch at any time" towards an uncontrolled resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, warned on Tuesday the Scientific Council which guides the government, insisting on the importance of barrier measures . “The future of the epidemic in the short term is largely in the hands of citizens,” warns the body in a new opinion. Beyond the situation this summer, the Scientific Council still considers “highly probable that a second epidemic wave will be observed in the fall or winter. "
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