The Yvelines are not immune to the tightening of health constraints.
Prefect Jean-Jacques Brot has just issued a decree making it again compulsory to wear a mask outdoors and in certain circumstances.
Thus, it is imperative to cover the lower part of the face in markets, Christmas markets, in flea markets, outdoor gatherings "of any kind" or in queues.
Children under the age of 11, people who practice sports and those who are exempt from wearing a mask for medical reasons are not subject to this rule.
The incidence rate three times higher
The return of the mask outdoors is no surprise.
The arrival of the "fifth wave" prompted, on Thursday, the government to take measures to limit the impact: third booster dose, wearing of a mask in places where the medical pass is required, limitation of the validity of 24 hour tests ...
In the department, the incidence rate exploded from 62 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on October 6, to 184 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on November 26.
The rate of positive tests is 4.6%, "above the regional average", specifies the prefecture of Yvelines.
On August 31, faced with worrying signals of an imminent recovery, the prefect had already recalled the obligation to wear a mask outdoors for the same audiences.
At the time, the incidence rate was 190 cases per 100,000 population.