The Council of State largely ratified on Sunday prefectural decrees imposing the general wearing of masks in Strasbourg, 12 other towns in the Bas-Rhin and in Lyon and Villeurbanne, according to orders sent to the press.
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The summary judge, seized by the Minister of Health, thus considers that it is "
justified that the wearing of the mask is imposed in perimeters sufficiently large to include in a coherent way the zones at risk
", while asking the prefect of the Bas-Rhin to limit this obligation in certain less dense municipalities and to the prefect of the Rhône to exclude from this constraint people practicing physical or sports activities.