Covid-19 in France: the wearing of the mask lifted outside Thursday and end of the curfew on Sunday

Published on : 06/16/2021 – 13:35

New step in deconfinement. Wearing a mask outside will no longer be compulsory from Thursday, except in certain circumstances such as gatherings, crowded places or stadiums, Jean Castex announced Wednesday, June 16.

“The prefectural decrees which govern the wearing of masks outdoors will therefore be amended from tomorrow to translate this new rule of common sense with regard to the evolution of the epidemic situation”, continued the head of government.

This decision was taken because the health situation “is improving faster than we had hoped”, explained the Prime Minister after the Defense Council and the Council of Ministers.

The curfew at 11 p.m. will also be lifted from Sunday, June 20, the Prime Minister also announced. The lifting of this restriction, in force since June 9 at 11:00 p.m. but started in October at an earlier time, will therefore apply to the music festival of June 21, even if the other “protocols will be maintained. “for this event, he said.

The chief executive finally announced that he wanted to achieve a target of 35 million French people vaccinated with two doses at the end of August.

With AFP and Reuters