France is eliminating the use of outdoor masks …

From tomorrow, France will abolish the compulsory wearing of a mask in the open air, restriction that will only remain in effect in very many gatherings, crowded places or stadiums, in another stage of the process of easing measures against the coronavirus which will also include the lifting of the curfew on Sunday.

As French Prime Minister Jean Castex explained, these measures were taken after the health situation will improve “faster than expected”.

With this announcement, France joins the group of countries like Israel or the United States, Due to their high vaccination rate, they have already decreed that their citizens should not wear face masks on the streets.

Last week, Denmark became the first European country to eliminate the compulsory use of masks indoors, with the exception of public transport, and on Monday the German Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn also spoke out in favor of the gradual end of compulsory chin straps.

At Austria is also not obligatory to wear them outside, and from July 1, if the epidemiological situation is favorable, it will not be necessary indoors either, while Belgium has left behind the obligation to use it in open spaces on June 9.

In France, the government made this decision when new cases of Covid-19 arrived 3,200 yesterday, the lowest level since August 2020.

Castex further announced that 35 million French people will be fully vaccinated at the end of August, that is to say a little more than half of the population.

Yesterday, the French authorities announced that the mass vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in addition to those under 18, that they must have their parents’ permission in order to administer the dose.

On the other hand, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, warned against the rapid spread of the Indian variant Delta in France and indicated that between 2 and 4% of the tests which give positive results correspond to this mutation.

Yesterday, at least 30.7 million French people had received at least one dose and 16.7 million were fully vaccinated. Currently, the country has an incidence of around 43 cases per 100,000 population nationwide.