From Monday, October 4, in 47 departments, where the virus circulates the least, wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory in primary schools. In Occitanie, Aveyron, Gers, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Lozère are concerned.
At the end of the Defense Council on September 22, Gabriel Attal, the government spokesperson, announced the lifting of a number of restrictions. The lifting of the compulsory mask wearing in primary school was one of them. The departments concerned will be those where the circulation of the virus is maintained at an incidence rate of 50 cases per day per 100,000 inhabitants.
Which departments are involved? The official list of the 47 departments where wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory in primary schools from Monday, October 4, was published in Official newspaper Thursday, September 30.
Here is the map of the 47 departments concerned:
Here is the detailed list:
- Aisne
- Allier
- The Ardennes
- Aveyron
- Calvados
- Cantal
- Charente-Maritime
- The Corrèze
- The gold Coast
- The Côtes-d’Armor
- The Creuse
- The Deux-Sèvres
- Dordogne
- Eure
- Finistère
- The Gers
- The Haute-Loire
- The Haute-Marne
- The Haute-Saône
- Indre
- Indre-et-Loire
- Isere
- The Landes
- The Loir-et-Cher
- The Loire
- Loire-Atlantique
- The Loiret
- Lozere
- Maine-et-Loire
- The Channel
- The Marne
- The Meurthe-et-Moselle
- The Meuse
- Morbihan
- The Nièvre
- L’Orne
- The Pas-de-Calais
- The Saône-et-Loire
- The Sarthe
- Seine-Maritime
- The Somme
- The Tarn
- The Tarn-et-Garonne
- The Vendée
- Vienna
- The Vosges
- Yonne
In Occitania, 5 departments are concerned: Aveyron, Gers, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Lozère.
In addition, in these same departments, the gauge of 75% of the maximum reception rate is lifted in establishments open to the public. This concerns sports halls, but also concerts or nightclubs. The gauge is maintained in the departments where the virus is still circulating.
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