“Our health system is under great stress,” warned François Braun on Monday during a visit to the Foch hospital in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine).
While France is currently affected by “a triple epidemic” -bronchiolitis, flu and Covid-19- driven by a rebound in infections and hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, the Minister of Health has once again launched “an extremely strong appeal” to respect for barrier gestures and vaccination of the most vulnerable.
“Let’s go back to good habits, he asked the French, protection goes through the same gestures, barrier gestures: wash your hands and wear a mask as soon as we are in places where there are many people.”
The return of the mask this week?
However, François Braun continued to question a possible obligation to wear a mask on public transport, which would then have to go through the promulgation of a law or decree.
“I am following the evolution of the situation day by day. At the moment it is not mandatory, it is on the discussion table depending on the results,” he said.
In fact, the Minister of Health is waiting for “updated publications from Public Health France” this Tuesday on this subject and “the decision will be made according to the evolution of the situation”.
The day before, on the BFMTV antenna, he had been firm: “If we continue to increase pollution, my arm will not tremble if we have to decide on the obligation of the mask, even in all circumstances, if we were to reach that level”.
But he added that he was not “generally in favor of coercion.” “I trust the French,” she pleaded.
Source: BFM TV
