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It is now compulsory to wear a mask when outside in the public space in Paris. This includes pedestrians, cyclists, electric scooter users, motorbike and scooter riders on pain of €135 fine. You may not remove your mask to smoke a cigarette or eat a sandwich, City Hall says.
The police are saying they will use their "judgement" when it comes to smoking and eating. I am guessing there will be warnings as opposed to fines in this case.
City Hall is opposed to making mask-wearing obligatory for cyclists and has said it will be discussing this with the prefect.
And we& #39;ve just heard that cyclists and joggers will NOT have to wear masks.
So mask wearing is obligatory in the Paris - Ile de France region (75) and the "petite couronne", which is neighbouring departments: Hauts-de-Seine (92); Seine-Saint-Denis (93); Val-de-Marne (94).
This follows similar regulations in Marseilles. There was a rise of 6,111 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours to yesterday, only partially explained by increased testing to 800,000+ tests a week.
Here are the Santé Publique France (French health authority) Covid-19 figures for the 24 hours up to Thursday 27 August.
https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/dossiers/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-chiffres-cles-et-evolution-de-la-covid-19-en-france-et-dans-le-monde">https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/dossiers/...
https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/dossiers/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-chiffres-cles-et-evolution-de-la-covid-19-en-france-et-dans-le-monde">https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/dossiers/...
And here is the French government& #39;s coronavirus website with figures (though for some reason they didn& #39;t give new hospital and i/c admissions yesterday). https://www.gouvernement.fr/info-coronavirus/carte-et-donnees">https://www.gouvernement.fr/info-coro...
