Grand Paris: markets, bus stops, queues … the places where the mask will now be required outdoors – archyde

After having was suspended by the courts on Thursday evening, the obligation to wear a mask outdoors in Paris is back on the carpet this Monday. But not on the whole territory: from now on, it will be necessary to take out the mask in a series of places or circumstances “in which the population density does not guarantee, without wearing a mask, the good respect of barrier gestures”, indicates the Paris police headquarters in a press release. It therefore issued a new order “in order to comply with the decision of the administrative court”.

#COVID19 | New decree from the Prefect of Police on the obligation to wear a mask outdoors in Paris.
? More information in our press release ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/P2TBYCHcY7

— Prefecture of Police (@prefpolice) January 17, 2022

The new order of the Paris police headquarters therefore indicates that wearing a mask concerns:

markets, flea markets, garage sales, unpacking sales,
gatherings, demonstrations, meetings or activities bringing together 10 or more people, organized on the public highway, whatever their purpose,
public transport waiting areas, in particular bus and tram stops and their immediate vicinity,
around train stations and shopping center entrances, during their opening hours,
the surroundings of schools or universities, when the public enters and leaves,
the surroundings of places of worship, when the public enters and leaves during services and ceremonies,
the queues that form in the public space.

This obligation to wear a mask “takes effect immediately”, indicates the prefecture to Parisian.

Same obligation throughout Ile-de-France

“The current epidemic situation, with an extremely high incidence rate and a still very strong pressure on hospitalization, requires that measures be taken so that the outdoor space, however limited the risks, is not a place of contamination”, justifies the prefecture.

Similar decrees are gradually taken in all the departments of Ile-de-France. They replace the old decrees requiring the wearing of a mask outdoors everywhere and in all circumstances. This is particularly the case in the Yvelines last night, as well as in Essonne. In the city center of Juvisy-sur-Orge (Essonne), the news is rather well received by the inhabitants.

“Oppressing to wear it all the time”

“It’s oppressive to wear it all the time. I lower it without realizing it when I’m outside, ”admits Sara. Stéphanie, who walks without a mask in the city center, approves of a targeted obligation, such as in gathering places, queues, in markets. “I’m going to have the reflex to put him in a situation where people are on top of each other,” confirms this sports teacher. For the mayor of the neighboring town of Viry-Chatillon, these new decrees create confusion. “People are lost between the old and new rules in such a short time,” said Jean-Marie Vilain (Les Centristes). While recognizing that this new order is common sense. “When you’re with people, you put it on, but if you’re alone in the street at 6 a.m., I don’t see the point. »

Créteil, this Monday. Outside, in large spaces like here on the Créteil leisure island, this couple from Maisons-Alfort does not see the point of wearing a mask.

In the Val-de-Marne, the appeal filed against the decree requiring the wearing of a mask by a resident of Kremlin-Bicêtre only lasted a few hours. After consulting elected officials, at 5:30 p.m. this Monday, the Val-de-Marne prefecture in turn followed in the footsteps of the Paris police prefect. The new decree adopts the same restrictions as in the capital. “There needs to be consistency in Paris and the inner suburbs”, we advocate at the prefecture of Val-de-Marne. A consistency that has extended beyond to the whole of Île-de-France.

Same obligation throughout Ile-de-France

“Oppressing to wear it all the time”

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