COVID-19: Mandatory mask outside in almost all Ile-de-France from Friday

After Paris last night, the other departments of the region of the Paris region have in turn declared the measure, which will apply to all persons over 11 years old.

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After Paris at the end of the day on Wednesday, then other departments in the stride, the Seine-Saint-Denis announced, Thursday, December 30, the obligation of the wearing of the outdoor mask. This measure now applies to almost all of the region:

  • in Paris;
  • in the Val-d’Oise;
  • in the Hauts-de-Seine;
  • in Seine-Saint-Denis;
  • in the Val-de-Marne;
  • in Seine-et-Marne;
  • in the agglomerations of Essonne;
  • in the centers-towns of the agglomerations of the Yvelines.

The Capital Police Prefecture said Wednesday evening that the port of the mask on the streets would concern all persons aged 11 and over, “with the exception of people circulating inside vehicles, cyclists and users of the two wheels “or” people practicing a sporting activity “. The port of the mask will also be required in the places open to the public in Paris, “to the exclusion of the Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes, and on the right-of-way airports of Paris – Charles-de-Gaulle, Bourget and Paris- Orly “, According to the press release .

These ads intervene while the incidence rates fly away in Ile-de-France to affect levels until then ever achieved since the beginning of the epidemic in March 2020. The record is reached in Paris, where There are more than 2,000 new contaminations for 100,000 inhabitants in one week.

/Media reports.