The wearing of the mask again in force in Paris from this Friday

The department of the capital is the most affected in Île-de-France and metropolitan France.

Wearing a mask will (again) be compulsory on public roads in Paris from Friday December 31, 2021, the police headquarters said in a press release published on social networks this Wednesday evening. It will also be compulsory on the premises of the three Parisian airports (Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Le Bourget and Paris-Orly).

On the other hand, it will not apply in the Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes, and will not concern cyclists or people doing sports.

In its press release, the police prefecture points out that “wearing a mask indoors and outdoors, in a city like Paris where mixing is permanent, is a very important barrier gesture“Failure to wear a mask will be punished by a fine of 135 euros.

The decision of the police headquarters was taken in the context of an epidemic outbreak in Île-de-France and more particularly in Paris. The department of the capital is the most affected in metropolitan France. The incidence rate — the number of positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants — is very important there. It exceeded the symbolic bar of 2000 during the week of December 20 to 26, according to data from Public Health France. Specifically, the rate is 2008.5.

This means that more than 2% of the inhabitants of the capital have tested positive over this period. For comparison, the national incidence rate is 760, according to figures from the CovidTracker site. As a reminder, the government has set the alert threshold at 50.

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