The mask will again be compulsory in the streets of Paris starting on Friday to face the “tsunami“of the Omicron variant announced the prefecture of police in the capital on Wednesday evening. Places open to the public are also affected by the measure, but not the Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes. This obligation applies to people. over 11 years old, “with the exception of persons circulating inside vehicles, cyclists and users of two wheels” or some “people practicing a sport“, specified the prefecture in a press release.
The police headquarters also decided to limit gatherings for the New Years Eve of December 31st. Alcohol consumption will be banned as well as take-out in many places in the capital. The police will be widely mobilized during the night of New Year’s Eve, with 9,000 police and soldiers deployed. The incidence rate now exceeds 2,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the capital.