Hygienists Exner against the abolition of the mask of duty in retail
The President of the German society for hospital hygiene, has spoken out against a lifting of the mask mandatory in the retail trade. “I personally see it as difficult,” said Martin Exner on Sunday, the German press Agency. Although Germany is currently in a favourable position, however, it is unclear whether the Situation will remain so. A waiver of the obligation to send the wrong Signal that the Situation is in the handle. “We can’t say so.” The mask was an important Element of the prevention strategy. In particular in interior spaces, in which the minimum of 1.5 meters can’t be maintained.
Several States are considering the abolition of the mask obligation in the trade. “When the infection happened remains so low, I see no reason any longer to the mask mandatory in the trade capture”” said, for example, the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Minister of Economics Harry Glawe (CDU), the “world on Sunday”.
Reuters A man with mask at the train station in Potsdam.
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