(Paris) The mask will no longer be compulsory in closed places subject to the vaccination pass from February 28, with the exception of transport, the Ministry of Health said on Friday, highlighting the “improvement of the health situation”.
Posted at 7:10 a.m.
“The vaccine pass allows us in a context where the epidemic pressure is greatly reduced, and as we have already done before this wave, to remove the obligation to wear a mask in establishments open to the public”, indicated to the AFP the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
Wearing a mask, which was already no longer compulsory outdoors since February 2, will therefore no longer be so either “in other closed places subject to the vaccination pass”, i.e. establishments dedicated to the activities of recreation, restaurants, drinking establishments, fairs, etc.
On the other hand, it “will be kept in transport and closed places not subject to the vaccination pass”, detailed the ministry in a press release.
Another reduction in sight for this end of the month: the screening system for people who have had contact with a person who tested positive. “Contact persons will only have to carry out a single test (self-test or antigen test or RT-PCR test) on D2 (i.e. two days after having received the information of having been in contact with a person tested positive) instead of three tests today (on D0, D2 and D4)”, specified the ministry.