The French lived on Monday their last day with limited travel before the reopening of cafes, restaurants, colleges and high schools in most of the country, marking the return to “an almost normal life”, according to the words of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. Phase 2 of the deconfinement opens this Tuesday.
Only Ile-de-France, Mayotte and Guyana remain in the orange zone due to their health situation. Most of the territory is now going green, and the containment rules will be able to be relaxed from this Tuesday. But what is it possible to do, concretely?
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Move and travel beyond 100 km in France
This new step in the deconfinement process signs the end of the 100km rule. From now on, it will be possible to travel to France and to travel more than 100km from home for the whole territory, in the green zone as in the orange zone.
The decree published this Monday at Official newspaper specifies, however, that air travel from or to Corsica and the overseas departments and regions is prohibited except for “compelling personal or family reasons”, a health reason falling under “the urgency “or a professional need that cannot be deferred.
Secretary of State for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said, this Sunday, hope that the borders between the countries of the Schengen area will be lifted and the health rules harmonized in mid-June, thus allowing travelers to move freely. this phase 2, “hygiene measures” and “social distancing” must however “be observed in all places and in all circumstances”.
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Relaxed rules in transport
Public transport will gradually return to normal operation. Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, announced Sunday that “100% of the SNCF offer” will be marketed from “mid-June”, and that the restriction of one seat in two occupied would be lifted from June 2.
The certificate of movement in public transport at peak times will be mandatory “at least until June 22” in Ile-de-France. The wearing of a protective mask is compulsory for “anyone eleven years of age or older” on trains, planes, boats, in public transport and also in stations and airports.
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Put your children in college or school nationwide, in high school in green areas
All the colleges and schools of mainland France will reopen from this Tuesday, as well as the lycées of the departments classified green, but gradually, which means that not all students will start again on June 2.
For those who will be back on the school benches, the mask is nevertheless prescribed; especially for “middle school and high school students when traveling” as well as for staff of establishments welcoming children. However, teachers will not have to wear it “when they are courting and are at least one meter away from the pupils”.
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Go out to bars and restaurants in the green zone
After more than two months of forced closure due to coronavirus, bars, cafes and restaurants in green areas will be allowed to reopen on Tuesday, but in compliance with strict sanitary rules: ten people maximum per table, at least one meter between each group, standing consumption prohibited in bars.
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Go out on the terrace until 10 p.m. in the orange zone
In the orange zone, on the other hand, the reception of the public in these establishments will only be possible on the terrace. In Paris, the town hall announced that bars, cafes and restaurants could extend for free on part of the public space, sidewalks, parking spaces or even a few streets closed to traffic
The only condition: online registration and compliance with a 10-point charter, including compliance with the sanitary protocol and cleanliness, closing of the terraces at 10 p.m. and limiting noise pollution for residents.
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Pay up to 38 euros in restaurant vouchers
Starting Tuesday, the restaurant vouchers ceiling will be raised from 19 to 38 euros and they can be used on weekends and public holidays to support demand from establishments in difficulty after two and a half months of closure. Facilities that should not concern food stores.
In addition to cafes, the reopening of all beaches and lakes on Tuesday is also eagerly awaited, from the English Channel to the Mediterranean.
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Go to the museum and visit monuments
Ile-de-France and national museums and monuments will be reopened “across the territory” from this Tuesday and wearing a mask will be mandatory, the Prime Minister announced Thursday.
Several Parisian and Ile-de-France institutions will be accessible again this June, but the largest establishments should wait until July to reopen. The Louvre museum announced this Friday in a press release, its wish to reopen next July 6 by reservation.
> Click on this link to find out more about the reopening dates of specific cultural establishments.
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Go to the gym or swimming pool
The swimming pools and gyms will also be able to reopen from Tuesday, but only in areas classified green. The sports halls had to adapt their activities. In the locker rooms as in the cardio rooms, measures have been taken to enforce social distancing.
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Book a hotel in the green zone
Hotels will be able to reopen from this Tuesday in the green zone, but hotel establishments in the orange zones will have to wait until June 22. The summer camps can also take place from June 22, the date on which the reopening of cinemas is also planned.
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Go to the theater or to a concert in the green zone
The concert halls and theaters will be able to reopen from this Tuesday in the green zone, but the cinemas will remain closed until June 22.
Weddings can again be celebrated: the decree adopted this Monday authorizes the reception of the public for the “celebration of marriages by a registrar”.
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Use the StopCovid app
Finally, controversial StopCovid tracking app to track the spread of coronavirus, will be available from Tuesday noon. This should make it possible to list the contacts with people affected by the coronavirus and thus make it possible to identify as soon as possible the contaminated people in order to be able to isolate them.
All the restrictions that have been taken in the context of the state of health emergency linked to the coronavirus epidemic will have to be reassessed on June 22.
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