Along the Seine after deconfinement. – HOUPLINE FOX / SIPA
- The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, asked the police chief to make the wearing of a mask compulsory in several frequented sectors of the capital.
- The zoning and its mapping must be communicated in the coming hours and the measure implemented quickly.
- “It’s useless to put on the mask if you’re alone in the street, but you have to have it nearby and put it on as soon as you need it. So in dense and frequented areas ”, details to“ 20 Minutes ”, Anne Souyris, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of public health.
–
The mask is essential. After Lille, Tours, Biarritz, Toulouse or even Nice, the mask will become mandatory outdoors in the capital, mainly in frequented areas. Faced with the fear of a resumption of the coronavirus epidemic, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo
favorable to the enlargement of the mask wearing device mandatory, and after consultation with the mayors of districts, seized this Tuesday the Paris police headquarters (PP), and sent a request for a prefectural order to the police prefect Didier Lallement, competent in the matter since the end of July.
The PP, which was not “unfavorable” to the device, immediately began to work on the issue. “The work of identifying sites is being done between the police headquarters and the town hall of Paris”, we explained Tuesday evening at the Town Hall, requested by 20 Minutes. The zoning and its mapping must be communicated in the coming hours.
The banks of the Seine, Canal Saint-Martin and the Ourcq, open markets, near stations and certain shopping streets, could be concerned initially. 20 Minutes takes stock of what awaits Parisians and the few tourists, in less than 72 hours.
A report from@ARS_IDF on the epidemiological situation, requested by the Prefect of Police, was given to him today.
Wearing a mask will be made compulsory in certain high-traffic outdoor public spaces in the capital. pic.twitter.com/wni5brhx6I– Police Prefecture (@prefpolice) August 4, 2020
What are the contours of the measure?
While the mask was already compulsory in closed public places, in recent days, many cities have made wearing a mask compulsory outside, in certain sectors and areas of public space. Since July 31, the government has allowed prefects to impose it abroad in places where they deem it necessary. Around 25 cities have already passed the measure in some of their streets. And it’s Paris’ turn. “If we do not want a new confinement in September or October, we must adopt preventive measures and stronger than last February”, notes with 20 Minutes,
Anne Souyris, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of public health.
“Today, we have masks so we have to multiply the times when we put them on. It is useless to put it on if you are alone in the street but you have to have it nearby and put it on as soon as it is necessary. So in dense and busy areas, ”she adds.
Regarding masks: We are currently working with the @prefpolice to define in which zones it can be useful to make the wearing of the mask compulsory. The City will communicate jointly with the @prefpolice when the measurements are set. ???? @nicolas_nordman
— Emmanuel GREGOIRE (@egregoire) August 4, 2020
What areas are likely to be affected?
Parisians, Parisians and tourists could be forced in the coming days to wear the mask on the quays of the Seine, the banks of the Canal Saint-Martin and the Ourcq, the open-air markets, the surroundings of the stations – where the mask is already compulsory indoors – and in some shopping streets. Secondly, the obligation could extend to other areas such as around tourist places, museums, department stores, and more shopping streets and specific dense areas in each arrondissement. Parks and gardens first mentioned, however, no longer seem to be a priority. “For the moment, we do not have too many feedback from the mayors of the boroughs. People stay there with their families and are rather separated from each other, ”explains the deputy. And to specify: “The cartography will nevertheless evolve. “
A necessary barrier gesture?
“The balance is fragile and we can switch at any time” towards an uncontrolled resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, the Scientific Council warned on Tuesday, insisting on the importance of barrier measures. “The future of the epidemic in the short term is largely in the hands of citizens,” warns the body in a new opinion. Beyond the situation this summer, the Scientific Council still considers “highly probable that a second epidemic wave will be observed in the fall or winter. »But is wearing a mask useful in the open air? This is the question that divides doctors today. 20 Minutes takes stock in this article. For Anne Souyris, the mask on the outside is part of “risk reduction actions”. “We do prevention, we do not wait for the wave to arrive or at least we make it softer”.
What about verbalization?
As elsewhere and as in closed places, being without a mask is liable to a fine of 135 euros. But the town hall of Paris first wants to be in an “educational work” thanks to its agents. “We want to raise awareness and empower people. We have also done some lacework with the prefecture, so that it is an adequate job and that people subscribe to it. We are not going to be behind every person who does not have a mask outside ”, assures the assistant. What about verbalization? “The sanction will come if ever there is willful abuse or if the fold does not take. But the objective is that everyone thinks about doing it and adapts their behavior to the reality of things, ”she concludes.
What do Parisians think of it?
In a call for testimonials launched this Wednesday morning by 20 Minutes, Internet users react to the measure. Obviously, the subject is debated. “I think the mask should be put on when you leave the house and take it off when you get home. This is the only solution to avoid re-containment, sickness and death, ”says Dominique. “I am completely against wearing a mask in the streets. It is an attack on individual freedom. Put it in a closed place, why not. But outside it is unthinkable, especially when it is very hot as it is the case at the moment, reacts for his part Kelly, another Internet user.
–
