Extension of the obligation to wear a mask outside and ban on gatherings of more than 5,000 people extended until October 30: Jean Castex hardened his tone on Tuesday, facing an "epidemiological situation (which) is evolving in the wrong way ".
"I say it with a form of gravity: if we do not react collectively, we expose ourselves to a high risk of an epidemic resumption which will be difficult to control", warned the head of government during a trip to the Montpellier University Hospital.
After a defense council devoted to the epidemic in the morning, the Prime Minister indicated that he would "ask the prefects to approach local elected officials to extend as much as possible the obligation to wear a mask in public spaces" .
Several municipalities have already imposed for several days the wearing of masks in some of their streets, including Paris and Marseille.
The head of government also announced the extension until October 30 of the ban on events involving more than 5,000 people.
Jean Castex has also acted to strengthen controls "on compliance with all the rules intended to prevent the spread of the virus: respect for barrier gestures, wearing a mask", especially in restaurants, or "reporting obligations gatherings of more than 10 people ”.
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Above all, we must "avoid a backtracking, an important reconfinement, it is essential and it is within our reach", insisted Jean Castex, calling for "to be lucid" and "for some, to get hold of ourselves".
The number of people diagnosed positive for Covid-19 has increased by 785 new cases in the past 24 hours. In all 10,800 new cases were recorded in one week.
