Covid: end of the mask at elementary school on October 4 in the least affected departments

The obligation to wear a mask in primary school will be lifted from October 4 in the departments least affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, the government spokesperson announced, but the health pass is currently maintained everywhere in France. “From Monday, October 4, in departments where the incidence rate is stabilizing below the threshold of 50 per 100,000 inhabitants, the school protocol will rise to level 1, which essentially means that the obligation to wear a mask in primary school will be lifted,” said Gabriel Attal at the end of the Council of Ministers, preceded in the morning by a Health Defense Council. Second measure, “the gauges that apply in certain establishments receiving the public will be raised in these same departments”, he added. This mainly concerns the cultural sector, in particular standing concert halls and nightclubs, he then specified. On Tuesday, 41 departments out of 101 were below this alert threshold, while the decrease in the epidemic “is confirmed day after day” even if “caution is required”, the government spokesperson welcomed, insisting on “positive measures”. “Wearing a mask, especially for the youngest children, is far from trivial,” he insisted

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