The obligation to wear a mask outdoors could be lifted on June 30. – Gabrielle CEZARD
“If all goes well, we will lift a number of constraints on June 30”. Asked this Monday on RTL, Jérôme Salomon, Director General of Health, confirmed the end of wearing a mask outdoors at the end of the month.
“It’s hot and all French people want to spend a serene summer”, he added before recalling the importance of barrier gestures and asking for a little patience “with regard to barrier measures “.
The 30 million mark reached
The Director of Health also called on fellow citizens to their responsibility, in relation to vaccination, announcing that the bar of 30 million people vaccinated had been passed this weekend.
Nothing official yet
Following the words of the Director General of Health, the Ministry of Health reacted via AFP on Monday to curb the collective enthusiasm: “No decision has yet been taken concerning the wearing of the mask outdoors in the next weeks, which therefore remains the rule. The scientific experts will have to give their opinion during the month of June on an evolution of this rule. “