15 november 2021 unvaccinated people who have not recently recovered from covid willing to go to venues where the health pass is enforced must have had a negative pcr or antigen test within the preceding 24 hours, as opposed to 48 hours previously. 29 november 2021 closure of nightclubs 11 december 2021 anyone over the age of 65 who has not had the booster within 4 months of their second dose, or anyone who initially received the j&j/janssen single-dose vaccine before 15 october who has not had a second dose before 15 december, must receive a booster to reactivate their health pass. 15 december 2021 ban on indoor gatherings of over 2000 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 5000 people. consumption of food and drink banned in large venues and on public transport. table-seating compulsory at restaurants and bars. minimum age for wearing facemasks in markets and public transport reduced from 11 to 6. remote work mandated for at least 3 days a week. 3 january 2022 anyone over the age of 18 who has not had a dose of the vaccine in the preceding 7 months will have their health pass deactivated and must receive a booster to reactivate their health pass. 15 january 2022 unvaccinated people over the age of 16 are no longer able to get a health pass by providing a negative test result, unless they are partially vaccinated but have not yet completed the full course of doses. however, they can activate their health pass by providing a certificate that proves they cannot receive the vaccine on legitimate medical grounds (attestation de contre-indication) 24 january 2022 2 feb 2022 – 1 aug 2022 : progressive lifting of restrictions, transition to endemic phase of covid masks no longer required in outdoor public spaces. mandatory remote working abolished. restrictions on sizes of public gatherings removed. 2 february 2022 nightclubs reopen, table service no longer compulsory in restaurants and bars, ban on consumption of food and drink in public transport and indoor public spaces lifted. 16 february 2022 relaxation of mask rules in primary schools 21 february 2022 masks no longer required in indoor public spaces that require a vaccine pass to enter, except on intercity public transport. 28 february 2022 masks no longer required in any indoor public spaces apart from in public transport or hospitals and care homes. health pass laws repealed. 14 march 2022 masks no longer required in public transport. 16 may 2022 sanitary state of emergency lifted. parliamentary approval required for further measures. 1 august 2022 vaccination main article: covid-19 vaccination in france situation by region auvergne-rhône-alpes on 25 february 2020, a man from la balme-de-sillingy, who had returned from italy, was declared infected and hospitalised in annecy. he had been asymptomatic the previous evening, and so was the trigger for a cluster in haute-savoie. one day later his wife was hospitalised. on 27 february, a friend and his daughter followed him into the hospital. on 2 march 2020, 26 people were covid-19 positive in haute-savoie. the hospital in annecy being saturated, a case was transferred to chambéry. françois daviet, the mayor of la balme-de-sillingy was also hospitalised. on 27 february 2020, a man from francheville was admitted to a lyon hospital and tested positive for coronavirus. three new cases were reported in the city of lyon on 1 march. a couple from divonne-les-bains were infected after a journey in italy and hospitalised in neighbouring switzerland on 29 february 2020. on the same day, two other men from ferney-voltaire, one french national who works in switzerland and one italian national, were also hospitalised in the helvetic country. on 2 march 2020, an 89-year-old woman from nyons was treated at valréas hospital in the enclave of the popes in vaucluse and tested covid-19 positive. on the same day there were four new cases in haute-savoie. burgundy-franche-comté on 2 march 2020, 10 cases were reported at the dijon hospital. the first wave was reported on 27 february with cases related to the oise cluster who subsequently infected their relatives. five new cases of covid-19 were confirmed on 3 march. the 15 cases in the region received care at dijon chu. four cases in côte-d'or had been in contact with someone who was already hospitalised, while another case in saône-et-loire was in italy the previous week. brittany on 2 march 2020, 19 cases were reported in brittany. two were in the western city of brest, an elderly man from plougonvelin, returning from a trip from egypt and his wife. there were also four cases in the regional capital rennes, a firefighter and his wife, and two people who had returned from veneto. 13 others cases were reported in morbihan, around a cluster of 6 in crac'h, 3 in auray, 3 in carnac and 1 in saint-philibert. also on 2 march 2020, the fourth death in france, and the first one in brittany occurred, a 92-year-old man, who had been hospitalised in vannes. as of 29 march 2020, 962 cases had been reported as follows : 208 in ille-et-vilaine, 230 in finistère, 313 in morbihan and 107 in côtes d'armor. grand est on 26 february 2020, a 36-year-old man who had made repeated trips to the italian region of lombardy was hospitalised in strasbourg but didn't have severe symptoms. on 2 march 2020, it was announced that ten more people tested positive in the grand est, eight hospitalised in strasbourg and three in nancy. in alsace, a molsheim couple was hospitalised. the man had returned from italy and was hospitalised first, followed by his wife. four members of a family from hésingue, a 27-year-old mother and her two children aged five and one, as well as one of the grandfathers, a 57-year-old man, were infected. two others cases identified in the bas-rhin, a 49-year-old man and his 14-year-old son, had been in contact with a person from the oise hospitalised in amiens. three family members were hospitalised in nancy, a father and his son, aged 50 and 23, and the girl-friend of the 50-year-old patient, all from the department of aisne. hauts-de-france as of 2 march 2020, 67 people were infected by covid-19 in the hauts-de-france region. this figure, the highest in france, was linked to a major cluster originating in the city of creil, in the oise, whose source remains unknown. the five departments of hauts-de-france now each had at least one proven case of people infected by the coronavirus. in aisne and pas-de-calais, spared by the epidemic until 1 march, the authorities confirmed the presence of patients with covid-19, except the nord where hospitalisations without local infections had taken place. some days before, on 26 february, a man died overnight after being rushed to a paris hospital from creil where he was hospitalised for 6 days in icu in serious condition, bringing the total death toll in the country to two at that time. on 2 march 2020, it was announced the second death in hauts-de-france and the third at the national level, a woman of 89 "diagnosed post-mortem" at the hospital of compiègne. she had other serious pre-existing conditions. île-de-france on 25 february 2020, a young woman returned from china was hospitalised in the bichat–claude bernard hospital, paris but showed signs of recovery and was out of hospital on 26 february 2020. on 28 february 2020, an infected person from the val-d'oise, returning from italy was hospitalised in bichat–claude bernard hospital, paris. he was working for a contractor of charles de gaulle airport. on the same day, hôpital tenon, which had received a patient from the oise before he had been diagnosed, announced that it had been directly affected by the coronavirus with three infected medical personnel. two cases of coronavirus had been identified in seine-saint-denis in montreuil in the same family, a father and his child, on 2 march 2020. despite the covid-19 pandemic, a substantial international women's day march occurred in paris on 8 march 2020. normandy on 27 february 2020, a doctor from the rouen university hospital was declared a positive carrier of covid-19 and was confined to his home, after a professional journey to munich. a second case of coronavirus was confirmed in normandy on 2 march. he is a french resident in eure. he was hospitalised at the rouen university hospital. new aquitaine after news of the first infected individuals in europe had been released in late january, three new patients were declared covid-19 positive in february, a patient in bordeaux who was hospitalised at the bordeaux university hospital after returning from a stay in italy, a soldier from rochefort, charente-maritime who had had contact with people from the creil air base in the oise, who was hospitalised in poitiers, and a woman from mont-de-marsan who had also been in contact with cases in creil, who was hospitalised in bordeaux. occitania residents of toulouse maintain social distance while queueing three cases were declared in occitania in february 2020, all in montpellier. a man who recently returned from italy was diagnosed on 27 february 2020, followed the next day by his wife and a 41-year-old man recently returned from emilia-romagna. on 1 march 2020, the two children of the couple were hospitalised and one was covid-19 positive. on 2 march 2020, two new cases were announced there: a 31-year-old man and his 29-year-old wife, also back from emilia-romagna. one day later, a 70-year-old man from the village of boisset-et-gaujac in the gard was hospitalised in nîmes. on 2 march 2020, a case in nimes was traced to the mid-february mulhouse megachurch event. this case helped identify the mulhouse cluster. pays de la loire a 58-year-old female general practitioner, tested positive for coronavirus and was hospitalised on 27 february 2020, at the nantes university hospital. hers was the first confirmed case in the pays de la loire region. she lived near compiègne, in the oise department, where a dozen cases had already been identified. on 13 february 2020, she had seen a patient who was later hospitalised in an intensive care unit in amiens. on 2 march 2020, four people were hospitalised at the angers university hospital for cases of coronavirus. the first case was detected on 28 february 2020; a 27-year-old woman from the sarthe declared herself to the samu centre 15 after a stay in milan in italy. three other cases have since been detected in mayenne and maine-et-loire. they were infected by a patient from brest. provence-alpes-côte d'azur the first case of the provence-alpes-côte d'azur region was announced on 28 february 2020. a young woman from cannes was infected after a journey in milan. one day later three new cases were hospitalised, two french vacationers returned from a risk zone and an italian tourist. two new cases appeared during the weekend of 29 february 2020 and 1 march 2020: a 15-year-old adolescent and a 23-year-old woman. on 2 march 2020, a seventh case was announced, a 3-year-old girl. on 29 february 2020, monaco announced its first covid-19 case, a man who was admitted to the princess grace hospital centre, then transferred to the nice university hospital in france. on 22 march 2020, the alpes-maritimes prefecture issued a decree putting into place a curfew from 10 pm to 5 am affecting cities of more than 10,000 residents and all towns on the mediterranean coast until 31 march 2020. this replaced local measures which had already been taken in nice, béziers, and cannes. french guiana main article: covid-19 pandemic in french guiana as of 4 march 2020, french guiana had five confirmed cases, all in saint-laurent du maroni. the first death was announced on 20 april 2020. guadeloupe main article: covid-19 pandemic in guadeloupe by 26 march 2020, there had been 84 positive cases and 1 death in guadeloupe. martinique main article: covid-19 pandemic in martinique the covid-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the martinique on 5 march 2020. by 15 march 2020, the first virus-related death had occurred and there were 15 infected patients in martinique. mayotte main article: covid-19 pandemic in mayotte the covid-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached mayotte on 10 march 2020. on 31 march 2020, the first person died of covid-19. réunion main article: covid-19 pandemic in réunion the covid-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached réunion on 11 march