Deconfinement: in Paris, with the early risers of metro line 13

5/15/2020, 7:22:56 PM

REPORTAGE - Line 13, that of brave men and early risers, is that of employees who have been talked about so much in the past two months.

True superstitious people will never take it. They have no choice. Coming from the depths of Seine-Saint-Denis or Val-d'Oise, thousands of workers are forced to take line 13 of the Paris metro which, starting north of the capital, then crosses Paris to the south .

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Even during the confinement, many of them continued to work. Because their job excludes telework. Sellers, nurses, cleaning women, security agents, specialized educators have continued, without having a car, to rush into these trains. Line 13, that of brave men and early risers, is that of employees who have been talked about so much in the past two months. Those who were on the second line during the peak of the epidemic.

Clemence, midwife. Jean-Christophe Marmara / JC MARMARA / LE FIGARO

At the time of deconfinement, started at the beginning of the week, professional journeys, which have never stopped on this axis, continue, with a novelty in the key: the compulsory mask for all. "A mask that should have been imposed