Is the inside mask compulsory even with a health pass?

Here is what the law on the obligation to carry the mask in places that require the health pass.

Port of the mask has become a habit since the beginnings of the pandemic.This good practice is useful for slowing down the spread of a disease like COVVI-19.However, since the mask is no longer worn outside and especially that the health pass is in force, many ask the question: should the mask be kept indoors?

The answer is variable, because, in fact, it depends on the territory and the establishments.Here is what the law says.

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In public places

The law in force indicates that the mask "is not compulsory for those who have accessed establishments by means of a health pass (establishment, place, service or event being subject to it) with the exception of transport subject tosanitary pass where wearing the mask remains compulsory ».This modality therefore indicates that, by default, the wearing of the interior mask is not compulsory if this same place requires, at the entrance, the health pass.

But another provision comes to bring a very important nuance.The mask "can be made compulsory for any person from 11 years old (including for people with the health pass), either by the prefect of department when local circumstances justify it, or by the manager of the place or the organizerof the event ".

Le masque en intérieur est-il obligatoire même avec un pass sanitaire ?

In fact, at present, under this second provision, the mask remains compulsory in a majority of public places where the health pass is itself compulsory-either by prefectural decision or by decision of the establishment.Thus, most cultural places (like all museums in Paris, for example) or cinemas retain this obligation.The status of the mask in the place will necessarily be specified at the entrance.

It should be noted that the first provision absolutely does not allow derogation from the second: if the mask is compulsory in a place, you cannot call on the first rule to justify a mask absence.Before entering a public place, it is therefore necessary to check the applied rule.

For example, in Hérault, where epidemic traffic is very low, the prefecture has generally raised the obligation to port the mask indoors since August 16 where there is the health pass.But some establishments may quite decide to keep this obligation.

Porting the mask remains compulsory in transport-non-compliance with this obligation is subject to a verbalization.

For employees of cafes and restaurants, they are subject to the health pass and, since this measure, they have the authorization to no longer wear the mask.

Finally, it is obviously to be noted that even if a place with health pass decides not to apply the port of the mask, you are perfectly free to use it despite everything if this is what you prefer.

In schools

Since October, schools have been facing a specific strategy: in the departments least affected by the epidemic, the obligation to carry the mask among primary school students is gradually falls.

To find out if your department is concerned, the government keeps a map of France up to date.The departments colored in green are at level 1 of the protocol (incidence rate of 50 per 100,000 inhabitants for 5 consecutive days), and are therefore no longer affected by the obligation to carry the mask in primary school.

On the other hand, for the teachers, the obligation is maintained.This is also compulsory in colleges and high schools for students and teachers.

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