Cyclists, motorists and people on scooters are not affected by the obligation to wear a mask introduced since Monday in Paris and in four departments of Ile-de-France, the police headquarters said on Wednesday August 12 in a press release.
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Since Monday morning, wearing a mask is compulsory for people over 11 years old in the busiest areas of the capital as well as Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Val d'Oise. " Users of soft traffic modes such as bicycles or scooters are not affected by this obligation, insofar as, being passing through, they do not run the risk of contact in the lanes in which they travel ", specifies the police headquarters in a press release. Motorists are not affected either, according to the same press release.
" Only pedestrians must wear a mask, including if they play sports, and will therefore be subject to control measures for compulsory mask wearing in the areas concerned ", warns the police headquarters which " in conjunction with the city of Paris, is working on an extension of the areas concerned ”.
Tuesday, Prime Minister Jean Castex hardened his tone in the face of an " epidemiological situation (which) is evolving in the wrong direction ". He now advocates the extension of the wearing of the mask outside. Long presented as " useless " by the authorities, the mask became compulsory in public places closed on July 20. And since then, many municipalities have already implemented it abroad such as Nice, Rennes, Lille, Marseille, La Rochelle, Bordeaux ...