NEW MEASURES – The police headquarters issued a press release this Wednesday, specifying the places where the mask is once again compulsory in Paris. The measure will have to be applied from Friday.
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What was foreseen has become reality: the wearing of a mask is now compulsory outside in Paris, according to what the Prefecture of Police announced in a press release on Wednesday.
This obligation will apply from Friday December 31 to people over 11 years old, “with the exception of persons circulating inside vehicles, cyclists and users of two wheels” or some “persons practicing a sporting activity”, said the prefecture in a press release.
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“Regular and reinforced controls will be put in place”
Wearing a mask will also be compulsory in places open to the public in Paris, “excluding the Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes, and on the rights-of-way of the airports of Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Le Bourget and Paris-Orly”, according to the press release. Access to the terminals of these airports remains prohibited for people accompanying passengers, added the prefecture.
“Regular and reinforced controls will be put in place from Friday”, she also indicated, “especially in dense areas of the capital”. Offenders may be fined 135 euros.
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In the rest of Ile-de-France, the prefectures have reimposed the obligation to wear a mask outside from Friday in all the departments of Val-d’Oise, Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne, as well as in the towns of Essonne and the city centers of the towns of Yvelines.
Seine-Saint-Denis followed suit on Thursday with other Ile-de-France prefectures in order to stem the outbreak of Covid-19 contamination due to the Omicron variant.
“Due to the severe deterioration of the health situation, wearing a mask is compulsory in #SeineSaintDenis for people eleven years old and over on public roads and in places open to the public”, tweeted the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis. This obligation was already in force in places of high traffic, such as the markets of Saint-Ouen or Montreuil.
Offenders are liable to a fine of 135 euros. Restrictive measures have also been taken throughout Ile-de-France to limit activities during New Year’s Eve.
France records records for Covid-19 contamination with 208,000 new cases on Wednesday, after around 180,000 during the previous twenty-four hours.
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