FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks walk near the Louvre Museum as France intensifies wearing masks as part of efforts to boost the country’s resurgence of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease Paris, France August 6, 2020. REUTERS / Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) – Parisians and holidaymakers walking along the banks of the River Seine or surfing through open air markets in Paris will have to wear a face mask from Monday after authorities imposed new measures to curb coronavirus infections. restrict.
The order, applicable to people aged 11 and over, occupies busy open areas in the French capital, although tourist sites such as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysees boulevard were not mentioned.
Data showed that since mid-July, the virus has started circulating more in Paris and its suburbs with lower incomes.
The rate of positive testing in the greater region of Paris now stood at 2.4% compared to a national average of 1.6%, it said.
Following drastic measures to reduce lost infection rates, many European countries are now looking to redevelop new clusters following austerity measures to try to reduce economic damage and reduce public frustration.
Since July 21, France has made it mandatory to wear a face mask in enclosed public spaces such as shops and banks, and Paris is joining a growing list of cities ordering people to wear masks in crowded indoor areas, including Toulouse, Lille and Biarritz.
Violators of the order will be fined 135 euros. The penalty increases to six months imprisonment for anyone who violates it more than three times in the space of a month. The order from Paris will take a month.
The number of people in France infected with coronavirus rose Friday by 2,288, a new post-lockdown high.
Report by Richard Lough; Edited by Angus MacSwan and Christina Fincher
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