Since September, it gradually disappeared from our faces, lingered under our chins or was thrown into a ball at the bottom of our pockets.
It's finish.
Wearing a mask is once again compulsory in theaters, cinemas and concert halls, as Olivier Véran announced at a press conference on Thursday, November 25.
“The mask has been gradually removed, through wear and tear or false real insurance.
You have to put it back.
As of tomorrow, a decree will make it compulsory to wear a mask indoors, ”
said the Minister of Health.
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Some had probably not noticed his absence in the places concerned. The mask has always been compulsory in Pathé and CGR cinemas, despite the good indicators at the end of the summer. UGC had chosen to recommend only the accessory. As for the concert halls, the Palais des sports recommends its use when the Olympia highly recommends it.
For example, the concert
Catherine Ringer sings the Rita Mitsouko
, Sunday November 21 at the Olympia, saw a complete pit sway to the rhythm of
Marcia Beïla
.
Only the people in the background, the oldest, kept their masks on without stopping, that is to say a third of the spectators.
Christophe Maé, who performed at the Palais des sports in Paris on September 29, gathered an audience that was 80% masked, from what
Le Figaro
observed
.
Unlike the Bataclan, where the spectators
Le Cabaret de Poussière
, which is being played at the moment, crowd around the bar, without masks and with many hugs on the way.
"A clear and protective text"
On November 11, the producers welcomed - probably too quickly - the return of the gauge to 100% in the pit - until then at 75% in some departments -, hastening to recall the experience of the Indochina test concert. in May 2021, but forgetting the extreme rigor of the protocol.
The scientific study was based on the observation of strict measures: tests before the concert - since replaced by the sanitary pass -, the wearing of the mask on the nose and the mouth, the installation of a ventilation system high-end and limited gauges.
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Since July 21 and the generalization of the health pass, the obligation to wear a mask was left to the discretion of the warden. To the Lagardère group for the Zénith de Paris, to Vincent Bolloré for the Olympia and to the Parisian municipality for Le Bataclan, for example. For the cultural sector, Olivier Véran's announcements therefore reflect the failure of previous measures, forcing rooms to return to the mask and the sanitary pass. The members of the national federation of French cinemas, through its secretary general Marc-Olivier Sebbag, are nevertheless relieved.
“These measures do not pose a problem insofar as the majority of cinemas had kept the compulsory mask (Pathé, Gaumont, CGR, Kinepolis, etc.)
,believes Marc-Olivier Sebbag with Le
Figaro
.
The others recommended it.
The decree where each room owner decided caused confusion.
There, we come back to a clear and protective text. "
