• Stability is being confirmed on the front of the coronavirus epidemic in the North.

  • The authorities have decided to lighten health measures while remaining vigilant.

  • In many places, wearing a mask is no longer compulsory.

Life is getting a little more normal.

Because the indicators of the coronavirus epidemic in the North remain stable at a low level, the prefect of the department has decided to loosen the screw a little further.

We can now drop the mask in places where it was mandatory for more than a year.

According to the prefecture, the North has fallen below the alert threshold for the coronavirus epidemic since the end of September.

Figures from Public Health France show that the incidence rate is 42.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

While insisting on "maintaining this dynamic", emphasizing vaccination and barrier gestures, the prefect decided to remove the obligation to wear a mask outside in certain sensitive places.

Flea markets and second-hand goods unmasked

From now on, it will no longer be necessary to wear the mask within a radius of 50 m of “markets, flea markets, second-hand goods, garage sales and other unpacking sales, as well as inside them, whether they are fit in indoor or outdoor spaces ”. This also applies to the entrances to shopping centers on Saturdays and Sundays, the entrances to schools and universities, the entrances to places of worship on the days and times of the holding of offices and ceremonies, stations and places where public transport stops. of travelers.

On the other hand, this remains obligatory "in queues of all kinds", "on the occasion of any gathering of more than ten people on the public highway and spaces open to the public", "in pedestrian, permanent areas. or temporary, Saturdays and days of special events ”,“ in spaces reserved for spectators of outdoor sports arenas ”and“ in funfairs ”.

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