in Toulouse, despite the 7th wave, masks are no longer available
In Occitania, the covid indicators are spreading upwards. The question of wearing a mask arises again. However, in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), in the shops, in the middle of the sales period, it hardly appears on the faces of Toulouse women.
“It left a lot in Toulouse?“When asked by the patient who came to be tested, the pharmacist is formal: “Yes !“. There is indeed no doubt. The Covid in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), like everywhere else in France, is back.
According to the Occitanie Regional Health Agency, the number of new contaminations is increasing sharply: + 36% on June 21, in one week, or 4,132 positive cases on average per day. The sign of an epidemic recovery.
A seventh wave supported in particular by the sub-variant of Omicron BA.5, the decline in immunity to infection and the lifting of all restrictions related to the epidemic. Just go for a walk on this Saturday sales, in the city center of Toulouse, to see that no one, or almost, wears the mask whether in the street or inside the shops.
“I am very surprisedcomplains a lady. In two years, we have not succeeded in assimilating the need for the mask. It only works when required.“And this obligation no longer exists since May 16, except in the hospital. “It’s a matter of personal choice“Estimates this customer met in a shoe store and having no mask on him.
By watching this video on Place Saint Pierre, we realize that the majority of Toulouse residents have made their choice: it is without.
Only the elderly and frail are forced to wear it in public: “I wear the mask because the Covid is starting again“explains this retired woman. She is all the more cautious, as she spent three weeks in intensive care after catching the coronavirus.
“You have to protect yourself. I do a lot of public transport, especially to go to my work. A half-hour trip in full, always, with the mask.“says this other woman.
Precisely, the government was considering, two weeks before the start of the school holidays, to make it compulsory again to wear a mask in transport. Sufficient to reduce the risk of infection and curb the spread of the epidemic?