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End of wearing masks outdoors and curfews: how Macron decided to lift the constraints

2021-06-19T20:16:27.658Z


The president ruled this Wednesday during the Sanitary Defense Council: wearing a mask is no longer compulsory outdoors from


The course of the Council of Ministers may well be solemn and formal, it does not prevent sometimes lighter moments. This was the case on Wednesday, at 11:24 am precisely, when an AFP dispatch fell with the headline: “Removal of masks outdoors: still too early for Castaner”. The agency repeats the words of the president of the LREM group, the same morning on France 2, inviting the French to continue to respect this obligation for some time yet. Slight laughter around the table, including on the side of Emmanuel Macron when reading the article quickly. And for good reason, since he has just announced the opposite in front of members of the government: the end of wearing masks outdoors from the next day, as well as the lifting of the curfew from Sunday, June 20 (at instead of the 30 initially planned).The decision was taken just before in the Sanitary Defense Council. “Christophe has nothing to do with it. But to see this dispatch drop when the president had just told us the opposite, it was funny, ”said a minister.

The head of state therefore ended up deciding. “We have always been pragmatic and always said that we would take the necessary measures when the situation worsened. And conversely, that we would do the same if they improve. This is the case today, ”he planted this Tuesday in front of his family, raising, in the opinion of several participants, general approval. "There was not really a debate, we all agreed," sums up one of them. And for good reason, in recent days, the indicators have gone green more than ever. France has passed the 30 million first-time vaccine recipients, the number of infected people has dropped back below the 5,000 per day mark, i.e. the threshold for controlling the epidemic, and 89 departments now have an incidence rate of less than 50 per 100,000."The situation is improving faster than one would have hoped", even recognized Jean Castex in the wake, on the occasion of a statement from the Elysee Palace where he also settled accounts with those who l 'had criticized at the time of the end of the crisis, when they had accused the majority "of being too fast and not careful enough".

Once is not custom, the tenant of Matignon came to bring the good news, speaking of an "important and happy moment". That of a return to an almost normal life. Even if the indoor constraints (mask in public places, gauges in shops, restaurants, sports halls and cultural places) have not been modified for the moment.

The decision to loosen the noose started to germinate over the past weekend. “We could see that the mask outdoors, with the hot weather, it became unbearable for people,” explains an advisor. And then with the Euro football and the crowded terraces until 11 pm, it was going to be hellish to manage. We have already seen it with the episode of the Nadal-Djokovic match at Roland-Garros ”. While a minister swears that these parameters have "absolutely not" weighed in the decision. “We actually realized that the curfew at 11 pm had no impact on the circulation of the virus which, moreover, is not progressing at all. So we might as well advance the end of the constraints sooner than expected, ”he explains. This Wednesday, in the Council of Ministers, Olivier Véran nonetheless said: "Given the circulation of the virus today,if we were in a situation where the curfew does not exist, we would not put it in place. "

"By the way, it takes away a thorn in our side for the first round of the regional"

The day before, the Minister of Health especially received a document which, according to our information, precipitated the decision of the executive.

A new opinion from the High Council of Public Health (HCSP) which in its writings specifies that "given the epidemic situation and the vaccination which has progressed well, the wearing of a mask is no longer compulsory outside", except in the special cases such as crowded streets, stadium stands, etc.

“It definitely convinced the president.

All that was needed was a Sanitary Defense Council to take the decision, ”explains a minister.

Next Sunday, for the first time in eight months and the introduction of the first curfews, the French will therefore be able to go out without restriction of movement. “By the way, it removes a thorn in our side for the first round of regional, notes a macronist. Can you imagine polling stations in large cities with counting not yet completed at 11 p.m.? It would have been a mess. "And the president to clarify, just to evacuate any possible controversy:" We are only anticipating the end of the one-week curfew. "

Source: leparis

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