From Monday, October 18, 12 departments join the 68 French departments in which the port of the mask will no longer be mandatory at elementary school, because of the low circulation rate of COVID-19. The mask becomes mandatory again in Lozère.
Le Monde
The epidemic of COVID-19 regresses. From Monday, October 18, Ain, Ariège, Charente, Cher, Drôme, Gard, Hérault, Moselle, Haut-Rhin, Var, Haute-Vienne and Seine-et- Marne join the 67 French departments in which the port of the mask is no longer mandatory at the primary school (from CP to CM2), since October 4, due to the low circulation rate of COVID-19. A decree was published Thursday, October 14 in the newspaper official .
Primary pupils wore the mask at school for almost a year, but the obligation is lifted in the departments “where the incidence rate stabilizes below the threshold of 50 per 100,000 inhabitants ” Teachers, they must continue to wear it.
Return of the mask in Lozère
On the other hand, due to the rise in the Lozère incidence rate, the mask becomes mandatory for primary students, for whom it was no longer mandatory. The incidence rate is again very high, at 106, and the number of cases increased by 268% in one week.