The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, had raised the question of the wearing of the compulsory mask outdoors last Monday, indicating that this measure could be reviewed if the numbers of the epidemic continued to fall.
Given the significant and continuous improvement in the epidemiological situation, the prefect of Seine-et-Marne repeals the obligation to wear a mask outdoors as of Wednesday, May 19.
However, this repeal does not affect the other mask-wearing obligations set by decree 2020-1310 of October 29: public transport, schools, supermarkets, etc.
Sunday there were 282,511 people vaccinated in Seine-et-Marne
The health situation is improving markedly in the department where the incidence rate has fallen to 218 new cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants.
as of May 14.
Or -24% in seven days.
There were 637 new cases last Thursday.
Monday, May 17, there were only 7 admissions to the hospital for this reason.
There were 474 patients in hospital.
The same day, only one admission to intensive care unit when 144 patients were already there.
Two patients have died there, a total of 1959 deaths in hospital in Seine-et-Marne since early March 2020.
Regarding vaccination, Sunday May 16 there were 282,511 people vaccinated in Seine-et-Marne, including 8,823 during the last day. This represents nearly 20% of the vaccinated population.
