During a visit in a plant in the Yvelines department yesterday, the minister of Health Olivier Veran has suggested to make mandatory the wearing of masks in the public space of certain areas of the North. For the time being, no decision has yet been taken, indicates the newspaper "the Voice of The North" on its website. A press conference is scheduled tomorrow.

" The discussions are still in progress. "This Thursday morning around 9 a.m., the regional Agency of health (ARS), Hauts-de-France, the ministry of Health and the prefecture of the North debated still to whether or not to make it mandatory for the mask-wearing outdoors in some areas of the North. But since that time, a decision has, in all likelihood, been taken.