France to drop mask indoors from end February

French coronavirus rules will no longer require people to wear masks indoors from February 28, the health ministry

said Friday, citing an “improvement in the health situation”.

The rules apply to public spaces like bars and restaurants, sports and leisure activities which now require proof of vaccination to enter.

However, people in France will have to continue wearing masks on public transport even after this date.

“In a context where pressure from the epidemic is falling strongly, the vaccine pass allows us to remove the mask-wearing requirement as we have done in previous waves,” Health Minister Olivier Veran told AFP.

France had already dropped its requirement for people to go masked outdoors on February 2.

But the rule will continue “on public transport and in indoor spaces not subject to the vaccine pass,” the health ministry said.