In areas of zones A and B, it is now possible to remove the mask during recreation.
Le Monde with AFP
Finish The masque in museums, cinemas, restaurants. One of the symbols of the COVID-19 epidemic is no longer mandatory in the vaccineal sites since Monday, February 28, a new relaxation of sanitary restrictions in expected hexagon, while the disease decreases sharply.
However, the mask will remain mandatory in transport, such as the train or the plane, where the pass is also required. At the same time, much of the sanitary restrictions is lifted at the meeting.
Change of rules for vaccinated contact cases
The rules also change for people contacts and vaccinated. From now on, a single test is necessary (self-test, PCR or antigenic) two days after being declared contact case, instead of three before. If the self-test is positive, an antigenic or PCR test remains necessary to confirm the result. The seven-day isolation time remains unchanged in case of positive test.
In schools, after zone B is the area A, return of holiday, which sees the constraints lighten up. The protocol in the schools passes to Level 2, which removes the mask during recreation and allows more brewing between students of the same level. From Monday, a child declared contact case should no longer have to do one self-test, two days later, before being able to return to class if it is negative.
EPIDEMIC DESCRUOUND
Justified measures, according to the Government and the High Council of Public Health (HCSP), by the epidemic decline and the constant decline in the number of hospitalizations since the peak reached at the end of January. Faced with members, Thursday, Olivier Véran repeated “Consider a surveillance from mid-March” if the decline trajectory is confirmed, particularly in terms of hospitalizations. The Minister of Health considered with “vigilance” and “optimism” the return to a “normal” life, which could be considered “in the coming weeks”.
The decline of the fifth wave started in last fall continues: 25,484 people infected with CIVID-19 were hospitalized on Friday, or 634 less than the day before. Among the patients in the hospital, 2,546 are taken care of in critical care services welcoming the most serious forms, 110 of less in twenty-four hours.
Among the criteria for lifting all or part of the vaccinal pass over a month, the government has mentioned a number of critical care less than 1,500 by mid-March.
Measures raised at the meeting
A large part of the health restrictions in force since the January 1 January have been lifted on Monday on the island of the meeting, with the removal of the curfew, imposed from 23 hours to 5 time. The wearing of the outdoor mask is no longer mandatory on the territory. There are no more gauges in institutions receiving public, stadiums, restaurants and bars included.
It is “with regard to the favorable evolution of the sanitary data” that the prefect Jacques Billant has made the decision to “loosen” the “braking measures of the epidemic on the island. As at Monday, February 22, The rate of incidence (number of contaminations per 100,000 population) was 1,592 and the occupancy rate of resuscitation services of 82.4%. Currently, 40 of the 108 resuscitation beds are occupied by patients contaminated by the SARS-COV-2.
If this trend in improvement confirmed, the reopening of discos and the reset of standing concerts and upright consumption in the bars, cafes and restaurants would intervene in early March, said the Reunion Region Prefecture.
The January 1, the incidence rate was 1,300 and the occupancy rate of 90% resuscitation services. These indicators had continued to deteriorate in the following weeks. The incidence rate had reached 5,480 cases per 100,000 population, the highest figure in France. The resuscitation was turned on with 91% occupancy rate.