The president of the departmental council of Mayenne Olivier Richefou (UDI) demanded, this Wednesday, July 15, a prefectoral decree making the wearing of the mask compulsory in closed public places as soon as possible while several mayors of the department took a decree in this meaning. " Are we able to confine France in 48 hours and would we have to wait three weeks to force us to wear a mask?" It's almost laughable, "said Richefou Wednesday at AFP.
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The day before, Mr. Richefou had already asked on Twitter for a prefectural decree on the subject. " There is an emergency!" ", He had estimated. " It's on the right track, " said Richefou on Wednesday, saying that he had exchanged " twice " with the prefect on the subject. According to the elected official, the prefectural decree should make it mandatory to wear a mask in enclosed public places in municipalities near coronavirus outbreaks, such as Laval, Craon or Château-Gontier.
Contacted by AFP, the prefecture of Mayenne said that there was " no decree signed yet ", without giving further details. In addition, the mayor of Saint-Berthevin Yannick Borde published on Twitter a municipal decree dated July 15 making it compulsory to wear a mask " for people over 11 years old " in shops, " all places closed or confined open to the public "," in public spaces with high potential traffic and those with intense human interactions "and" all places involving immediate promiscuity ".
The town hall of Château-Gontier has made it mandatory to wear a mask in all establishments in the municipality open to the public, according to its website. The town halls of Changé and Cossé-le-Vivien have taken similar measures, according to local press.
"August 1 as a possible course"
The government wants to " go as quickly as possible " on the introduction of the wearing of the mandatory mask in " closed public places " even if Emmanuel Macron " gave August 1 as a possible course in terms of schedule " said on Wednesday the door - word of the government Gabriel Attal.
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La Mayenne, which has several Covid-19 outbreaks, slightly exceeded the alert threshold with 50.1 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants detected in seven days, according to the public health agency France Public Health (SpF). A massive screening plan for the entire population over the age of 10, or around 300,000 people, has been launched in this department.