Masks rules get tighter in Europe in winter’s COVID-19 wave
Rome: To cover or not to cover Italian questions settled earlier in the Covid-19 outbreak with a strong “yes”. Now episentrenter onetime pandemics in Europe hopes that even a more stringent mask rule will help defeat the latest infection surge.
Other countries take similar actions as more transmitting variants – however, it seems that lack of viruses – omicron spread through the continent.
With ICU Italian hospital quickly filled with most Covid-19 patients who were not vaccinated, the government announced on Christmas Eve that FFP2 mask – which offers more protection than fabrics or surgical masks – must be worn on public transportation, including aircraft, trains , ferry, and subway.
Despite all passengers in Italy, this week, it must be vaccinated or recently recovered from Covid-19. FFP2S must also be used in cinemas, cinemas, and sports events, inside or outside, and cannot be removed even for their use to eat or drink.
Italy introduced the masks of the outer mask. It never raised the mandate in the room – even when the infection fell sharply in the summer.
On a cold morning in Rome this week, Lillo d’Amico, 84, wearing a wool hat and white FFP2 as he bought a newspaper in his neighborhood newspaper.
“(Mask) costs a little money, they are charged a small sacrifice,” he said. “When you do math, the price is much cheaper than inpatient.”
When he saw someone from a minority who opened the guise walking, he kept his distance. “They see (mask) as an insult to their freedom,” D’Amico said, shrugged.
Spain returns the rules of the outer mask on Christmas Eve. After the 14-day transmission rate jumped to 2,722 new infections per 100,000 people at the weekend – from 40 per 100,000 in mid-October – Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was asked whether the outdoor mask mandate helped.
“Of course. I’m not saying it. This science itself said it because (that) the virus was contracted when someone exhaled,” said Sanchez.
Portugal brought the mask back at the end of November, after most of the requirements dropped the requirements when they reached their goals to vaccinate 86 percent of the population.
Greece has also recovered its outdoor mask mandate, while requiring FFP2 or double surgical masks on public transportation and in public space.
This week the Dutch government outbreak management team recommends masks for people over 13 in busy public indoor areas such as restaurants, museums and theaters, and for spectators on indoor sporting events. These places are currently closed under Kuncian to at least Friday, January 14.
In France, the mask mandate was partially exiled back in December in many cities, including Paris. Age for children to start wearing masks in public places is reduced to 6 of 11.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced last week that people had to wear ffp2 masks outside the room if they could not keep at least two meters (6.5 feet) apart.
In Italy, with more than 2 million people currently positive for viruses in the country around 60 million and absent at work limiting trains and buses, the government also sees masks as a way to let people function more.
People with booster shooting or second vaccine doses have now been able to avoid quarantine after coming into contact with infected people if they wear FFP2 mask for 10 days.
The government has booked a shop to make FFP masks available for 75 cents euros (85 US cents). In the first year of Pandemi, FFP2S costs up to 10 euros ($ 11.50) – whenever they can be found.
Italians use it in the color palette. The baby was baptized this week by Pope Francis in the Sistine chapel wearing one in Burgundy, with a matching tie and a pocket jacket box. But pontiff, who practically expels the mask in public, cheaper.
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