France and Spain to ease mask-wearing as Covid vaccine schemes gather pace

French will no longer have to wear masks outside and curfew to end while Spain also planning to lift rule

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France and Spain are moving to ease rules around wearing face masks outside, in a development attributed by both countries to their Covid-19 vaccination campaigns.

In France, people will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors from Thursday, though they will still be obligatory on public transport, in sports stadiums and other crowded places. A nightly curfew will end as of Sunday.