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Covid: indoor facemask-wearing to be ditched from March 14 in France, excluding in transportation

Invited on TF1 television news, Jean Castex announced the end of compulsory facemask-wearing indoor from March 14, 2022. Yet, masks will be mandatory in transportation.

Coronavirus: surgical masks or cloth masks, which one should you get?

As facemasks are more and more mandatory to fight against coronavirus, should you get a surgical mask or a cloth mask? Here are the pros and cons of each option.

Deconfinement: Anne Hidalgo thinks facemasks to be mandatory in the streets of Paris

As France is exiting containment, Anne Hidalgo announced this Tuesday May 12th she wanted facemasks to be mandatory in the streets of Paris. A declaration made on Twitter in order to secure Parisians and reopen parks and gardens.

Coronavirus: non-surgical facemasks, why prices will reach no ceiling

Will French have to pay more to protect themselves from coronavirus? The government, through the State Secretary for Economic Affairs Agnès Pannier-Runacher announced they were unwilling non-surgical mask prices to reach a limit so that it does not “slow companies’ innovation down”. An idea that goes against what was done for the commercialization of hand sanitizer and the setting up of controlled prices.

Coronavirus: 700,000 virologic tests per week starting from May 11

This Tuesday April 28, Edouard Philippe spoke to the National Assembly to present the government's deconfinement plan. As for testing, the Prime Minister announces 700,000 virologic tests per week starting from May 11, along with a motto: "Protecting, testing, isolating".