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Coronavirus: surgical masks or cloth masks, which one should you get?

As facemasks are more and more mandatory to fight against coronavirus, should you get a surgical mask or a cloth mask? Here are the pros and cons of each option.

Mandatory masks in Paris: the measure ultimately does not apply to cyclists and runners

Facemasks are mandatory in Paris starting Friday August 28, 2020 at 8 a.m. But does the measure also apply to cyclists and runners? After announcing that everybody was to yield to this obligation, excluding “users riding inside motor vehicles”, the police prefecture back-pedaled saying that ultimately cyclists and runners do not have to wear a mask to move around Paris and the inner suburbs of Paris.

Mandatory facemasks in Paris: the new list of areas concerned per arrondissement

This Friday August 14, 2020, the Paris prefecture announces new areas where facemasks are mandatory starting from this Saturday at 8 a.m. In Paris, and in many departments around, the mandatory covering from Monday August 10, at 8 a.m., is then extended to new areas including the Champs-Elysées. Here is the list of places per arrondissement.

Paris: mandatory facemasks in outdoor public places, the map of areas concerned

In Paris, facemasks are mandatory in some areas from Monday August 10, 2020. This Friday August 14, the Police prefecture said they extended the measure to new streets and neighborhoods. The Champs-Elysées, the Louvre area and the Batignolles neighborhood are concerned. The prefect also said that “if the epidemiologic situation was to worsen again, facemasks might be mandatory in the entire capital”.

Coronavirus: what are the closed public places facemasks are mandatory in?

Facemasks are now mandatory in closed public places from Monday July 20, 2020 in France. Health Minister Olivier Véran shared the list of places concerned. Here there are.

Doctors want facemasks to be “mandatory” in closed spaces

Doctors call to make facemasks mandatory in closed spaces. They say “temptation to get back to normal is big and understandable” and “tomorrow’s second wave shall be prepared today then”.

A MP proposes to penalize masks thrown out on the street

Since facemasks have been advised – and even made compulsory in some places – it is not rare to see many of them thrown out on the ground in the streets. To fight against this new form of pollution, a MP from Alpes-Maritimes proposes to penalize people for doing so.

Deconfinement: Anne Hidalgo thinks facemasks to be mandatory in the streets of Paris

As France is exiting containment, Anne Hidalgo announced this Tuesday May 12th she wanted facemasks to be mandatory in the streets of Paris. A declaration made on Twitter in order to secure Parisians and reopen parks and gardens.

Coronavirus: masks on sale in metro stations from May 11th

Compulsory masks for everyone in public transit, to fight against coronavirus! Paris deputy mayor for transport Christophe Najdovski announced that starting this Monday, as confinement is lifted, masks will be available on sale in every metro and RER stations.

Coronavirus: the RATP will resume 75% of its traffic from May 11th

While RATP has announced that 75% of the Ile-de-France trains will resume from May 11th, employees and travelers are worried about distancing on an already overcrowded network. This April 28, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced facemasks will be mandatory in public transit. He also gave a few measures to implement for phasing out.

Coronavirus: facemasks mandatory from May 4th in all Eurostar trains

While facemasks are about to be compulsory in French public transit from May 11th, passenger in Eurostar trains must wear a facemask from Monday May 4, or fines may be imposed.

Coronavirus: non-surgical facemasks, why prices will reach no ceiling

Will French have to pay more to protect themselves from coronavirus? The government, through the State Secretary for Economic Affairs Agnès Pannier-Runacher announced they were unwilling non-surgical mask prices to reach a limit so that it does not “slow companies’ innovation down”. An idea that goes against what was done for the commercialization of hand sanitizer and the setting up of controlled prices.

Coronavirus: 700,000 virologic tests per week starting from May 11

This Tuesday April 28, Edouard Philippe spoke to the National Assembly to present the government's deconfinement plan. As for testing, the Prime Minister announces 700,000 virologic tests per week starting from May 11, along with a motto: "Protecting, testing, isolating".