(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Wu Zunyou: There is no need to wear masks in elementary and middle schools in low-risk areas
China News Agency, Beijing, May 13 (Li Jingze) At the press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of China on the 13th, Wu Zunyou, chief expert in epidemiology of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, pointed out whether the public concerned about the need to wear masks There is no need to wear masks in the school environment in low-risk areas.
He said that situations that do not require masks include spacious outdoor areas, such as playgrounds, parks, and sparsely populated streets. There is no need to wear masks; in addition, there is no need to wear masks at home; in workplaces in low-risk areas, like There is no need to wear masks in offices, construction sites or factories. There is no need to wear a mask when exercising outdoors.
For elementary and middle schools that care about the public, he said there is no need to wear masks in the school environment in low-risk areas. There is a principle that those who do not travel frequently to other unfamiliar places, live in a relatively fixed environment, and are in low-risk areas, basically do not need to wear masks in such cases.
Special attention needs to be paid to the places where masks are worn, which are not well-ventilated and confined, and closed vehicles such as airplanes, high-speed rail, subways, and buses. Then there are closed public places, such as places such as elevators, where ventilation is not very good.
Wu Zunyou particularly pointed out that the place to pay attention to is the hospital. When you go to the hospital or accompany your relatives and friends to see a doctor, you must wear masks in the hospital environment; and public service windows, such as cash registers in supermarkets and bank counters, must wear masks.
He admitted that the public should not be too entangled with the problem of wearing masks. The main principle is that there is no need to wear masks in well-ventilated places, and other places are determined according to the situation. (Finish)