Expected on the subject Monday, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, did not announce generalization of the wearing of the mask in the open air in places with a high concentration of population. From Hauts-de-France where he was visiting in the morning, he, on the other hand, called on the French not to “lower their guard” in the face of the coronavirus which is regaining strength in certain tourist regions.
A thrill that has pushed some prefects to impose the mask in outdoor public places. With the consent of the mayors, several cities on the Atlantic coast, such as La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), Bayonne or Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), have introduced the obligation to wear the mask in certain busy areas such as shopping centers. -cities. This is the case at the port of La Rochelle.
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Metz and Nancy think about it
In the Grand Est, no restrictive measures for the moment, unlike our neighbors of Hauts-de-France who must now protect themselves and their fellows when they walk in certain streets of the Lille metropolis. The principle is, each time, the same. The aim is to prevent the spread of the virus from accelerating through crowds and crowd movements.
It is also, as Jean Castex indicated on Monday, to guard against a “general reconfinement” with devastating effects economically and socially. Today, regional prefects and local elected officials have free rein to assess whether it is relevant to force walkers to wear a mask outdoors. In Lorraine, Nancy and Metz are following these developments closely. The two cities are engaged in discussions with the health authorities. Decisions could fall in the coming days.
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“Lack of vigilance”
In Nancy, the new mayor of the city has been working on the subject since Friday with the prefect, whom he seized, and the Regional Health Agency. Mathieu Klein now does not rule out any eventuality after having observed “at the end of the day, on weekends”, “frequentation of parks, public places, more important shopping streets”, and sometimes a “lack of vigilance”. Nancy residents should therefore expect fairly quickly to have to wear a mask in certain outdoor public spaces, such as Place Stanislas or Place Saint-Epvre. “One can imagine it”, confides Mathieu Klein, who defends “a compulsory wearing of the mask in the public space in perimeters and schedules with high frequentation”.
A measure that he justifies: “Indeed, we must redouble our vigilance and our efforts in a context where we note that the virus is circulating again more actively. This effort must be shared by all to avoid a second wave and the prospect of a re-containment which would obviously be very harmful in terms of health, economics, social and educational levels ”. If Mathieu Klein understands that the summer and the holidays go hand in hand with the desire to forget “his worries”, he calls “the people of Nancy to be vigilant, to responsibility”. Objective: “Prepare for a peaceful return to school. “
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Metz is not there
During the electoral campaign, François Grosdidier, then candidate for mayor of Metz, had made no secret of his wish to make the wearing of a mask compulsory in certain streets of the city. He is now a tenant of the Place d’Armes and it is his deputy for health issues, Doctor Khalifé Khalifé, who delivers the position of the municipal team: “The mayor and I are in phase on the subject. Personally, I have a mask in my pocket that I wear whenever I find myself in a busy street. I invite the public to do the same. For the rest, the elected official announces that he relies on the results of free screening tests organized regularly in the districts of the city. Two weeks ago, two positive, asymptomatic cases were recorded in 400 people. The last tests (July 31, 1is and August 2) gave, Monday, August 3, a result just as little alarming: “Another two positives out of 448 samples. Asymptomatic too. Nothing that justifies asking for the port in town. But we remain vigilant. “
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