will the wearing of the mask be reinstated?

A pharmacy carries out around a hundred antigen tests a day. This is four times more than the weeks preceding that of Monday, June 20. The tests are now more numerous, but also more often positive for Covid-19. After a lull, the resumption of the epidemic is here. On June 6, 20,000 positive cases were recorded, compared to 44,041 on June 16. With a BA.5 variant more contagious than the previous ones, and with the approach of the holidays, should we restore the wearing of a mask in transport?

His return is envisaged by Professor Alain Fischer, President of the Orientation Council for the vaccine strategy against the pandemic. “I think in public transport it’s probably reasonable. Certainly for frail people, and I would say probably for the general population”, he explained on the set of Télématin, Wednesday, June 22. With the mask, the specialists put forward another measure: to accelerate the vaccination of the 9 million French people eligible for the fourth dose, i.e. those over 60 and immunocompromised people.