The Pyrénées-Atlantiques, one of the very touristic departments of the Great West, has lifted the obligation to wear a mask in the streets of municipalities on the Basque coast while maintaining its use in all places open to the public and sites subject to the pass. health, announced Thursday, September 16 the prefecture.
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The prefect lifts the obligation to wear a mask in coastal municipalities but extends its use in public buildings (establishments open to the public) and demonstrations on the public highway
", throughout the department, indicated the prefecture in a statement.
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During the summer, faced with the resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic, the prefecture had made the mask compulsory on public roads in tourist areas of the Basque coast such as Bayonne, Biarritz and Saint-Jean-de-Luz .
These measures targeted on the coast could be lifted due to the observed drop in the incidence rate "
for several days
" in the department where it stood on Thursday at 79.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, explains the prefecture.
Mandatory in some places until September 30
If the mask will remain compulsory until September 30 and for all people over 11 years old in markets, in demonstrations on public roads, in queues, throughout the department, the prefecture has also specified the conditions a "
gradual lifting of braking measures
". "
The obligation to wear a mask in areas subject to the health pass will be lifted when the incidence rate in the department drops permanently below 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants
", she announced.
Faced with the lull of the Covid epidemic, President Emmanuel Macron hinted at the promise of a relaxation of restrictions, starting with the application of the health pass, required in many places such as restaurants and cinemas.
