AT From February 28, the obligation to wear a mask will be lifted in museums, cinemas, theaters and concert halls. In accordance with an opinion from the High Council for Public Health unveiled this Friday, February 11, the government has just decided on further relief: “relax, from February 28, a deadline which will allow four weeks of continuous decline in incidence to be recorded, the doctrine relating to the screening of contact persons and the wearing of a mask”.
Therefore, the wearing of the mask will be maintained in transport and closed places not subject to the vaccination pass. While closed places subject to the pass, will no longer have to apply the obligation to wear a mask. We collected the reactions of Louis Merle, director of the cinema Les 7 Parnassiens, and Jean-Marc Dumontet, director of six Parisian theaters.
“This is good news, but it is the end of the vaccination pass that will have the most significant effect”
Louis Merle, director of 7 Parnassiens
For the director of the 7 Parnassiens cinema in Paris “It’s good news, every news that gives a little more freedom is good news. We will continue to recommend it even if it is no longer mandatory. A good part of the public will be happy to breathe. But I don’t think it will bring many people back, I think it’s the end of the vaccination pass that will have the biggest effect.”
The increase in attendance should be even greater
Jean-Marc Dumontet, theater director
Jean-Marc Dumontet, owner of several major Parisian theaters, such as the Antoine Theater and Bobino, is also delighted with this announcement. “This is an additional clue that proves to us the return to normal life.” In its rooms, spectators are free to keep the mask if it reassures them, the owner is, however, intimately convinced that many will abandon it with great pleasure: “It’s a liberating phenomenon that will allow us to enjoy it again. This measure proves that our theaters are safe, they will once again become places of pleasure, fun, joy and carelessness.” As for attendance, already on the rise, it should be according to Jean-Marc Dumontet even more important with the return of the last spectators hitherto recalcitrant.