See the face of his colleagues or his mistress in full, no longer take out his vaccination pass to have a coffee at the bar... Most of the anti-Covid restrictions were lifted on Monday against a background of a call for caution against to the "rebound" of the epidemic.
In transport and health establishments, the mask remains compulsory.
In the early opening hours of shops on rue de la République in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), some customers show a broad smile.
“It feels good to see the whole people again,” enthuses Linda, who was still hesitant to put on her fabric mask before entering a supermarket.
"I wasn't totally sure if I could go in without it, because I just passed people who still wear it," she notes.
Because others, who have come to shop, prefer to remain cautious.
Like Pascale, in her sixties, her FFP2 mask on her nose.
“We see that the epidemic is picking up again.
Me, it doesn't cost me to keep the mask on when I do my shopping.
It protects me and it also protects others, just in case, ”she justifies.
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A few steps away, in the pharmacy where Nadia works, the lifting of restrictions was eagerly awaited.
“We are finally going to see people’s smiles again!
“says the young woman behind her counter, happy to finally be rid of the mask.
“It's really weird not to wear it anymore, we got used to having it all day.
But it feels crazy, ”exults his colleague Sylvie.
Same relief among primary school children from the Val school, who met at noon for their lunch break.
"I'm glad I no longer have to wear it because I often had trouble breathing in class," says Dorian, a CE2 student.
If, after two years of pandemic, the end of the restrictions seems welcomed with relief by many French people, the scientists, them, call to keep some precautions, in particular vis-à-vis the fragile or immunocompromised people.
“It is too early to turn the Covid page even if we really want to!
“, also wrote on Twitter Rémi Salomon, president of the establishment committee of the AP-HP.
The government has just opened the fourth dose now to people over 80 and “strongly recommends that fragile people continue to wear a mask in closed places and in large gatherings”.