COVID MASK. Wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory in public transport from May 16. It remains recommended, as in interior spaces. Here are all the rules and info.
[Mis à jour le 11 mai 2022 à 17h43] Bus, metro trains but also trains or planes… The mask will soon be able to be removed in public transport. The Minister of Health announced this lifting of the obligation to wear a mask on Wednesday May 11, 2022. Attention, the wearing of the mask will still be compulsory for a few days, the measure to end on Monday, May 16, 2022. The wearing of the mask, like the presentation of the sanitary passwill still be compulsory in hospitals, nursing homes and health establishments, even after May 16, 2022.
This announcement comes against a backdrop of declining cases of Covid-19 may’s beginning. “The epidemic situation is improving, the pandemic is not over, but the number of new diagnoses on a daily basis is decreasing and we consider that it is no longer appropriate to maintain this obligation to wear a mask in public transport, at from Monday May 16″, explained the Minister of Health on Wednesday May 11.
If wearing a mask is no longer compulsory, it continues to be “recommended” by the Ministry of Health, in particular for positive people, contact cases at risk, symptomatic people and health professionals. For everyone else, keeping the mask on is quite possible because, despite the lifting of the restriction, vigilance and barrier gestures remain in place in a context where a slight epidemic rebound is observed.
- Schools, holiday centers and leisure centres. Wearing a compulsory mask will no longer concern educational, educational and training establishments; holiday centres; leisure centers without accommodation for adult teachers and supervisors.
- In the enterprises
- Shops. Sales outlets, shopping centers and covered markets will no longer be affected by the wearing of compulsory masks.
- theaters
- theme parks
- concert halls
- festivals
- sports halls
- sports speakers
- game rooms
- libraries
- documentation centers
- cinemas
- bars
- restaurants
- fairs
- trade shows
- professional seminars if they take place outside the company and bring together more than 50 people;
- ski lifts in ski resorts
- access to tourist accommodation such as campsites or holiday clubs with a single check at the start of the stay.
If the mask can now be dropped in many places, it remains mandatory indoors in some areas of daily life:
- Transport. Trains, metros, buses, bus and ferry stations as well as airports until May 16, 2022. The measure will then be lifted, the wearing of a mask remaining “recommended” in public transport.
- hospitals and health facilities
The mask is no longer a mandatory outdoor accessory since February 2 and the first wave of lifting of restrictions. It is no longer compulsory but it remains recommended and the government is appealing to the logic of the French to reconnect with the wearing of a mask in very busy places.
The fine in force in the event of non-compliance with the wearing of the compulsory mask should remain at 135 euros. “Failure to comply with this measure could be liable, as is the case in other places where wearing a mask is compulsory, in particular transport, to a 4th class fine” defined by a fixed fine of 135 euros , had specified the general directorate of health as soon as this measure was put in place last year. In case of recidivism, the amount can go up to 1500 euros.