FRANCE TO END MASK RULE IN SOME INDOOR SPACES

Fri 11 February 2022:

The French Health Ministry said on Friday that wearing masks indoors in venues that require a vaccine permit would be discontinued on February 28. Masks will still be required on public transportation and in places that do not require a vaccine pass.

“Wearing a mask indoors will remain on transport and in closed spaces that are not covered by the vaccine pass.

“In a context where pressure from the epidemic is falling strongly, the vaccine pass allows us to remove the mask-wearing requirement as we have done in previous waves,” Health Minister Olivier Véran told AFP.

In other closed premises, where the vaccine pass is valid, wearing a mask will no longer be mandatory,” the health ministry said in the statement.

The new measure will come into effect on February 28 amid the improving epidemiological situation in France.

The first stage of lifting COVID-19 restrictions in France started on February 2, canceling the requirements to wear masks and to work remotely. The second stage of removing the COVID-19 restrictions will begin on February 16, with nightclubs and concert halls reopening.

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