The Covars recommends wearing a mask in transport and closed places

Will the mask once again become the norm in public transport?

The Health Risk Watch and Anticipation Committee (Covars) released its latest report on the situation related to Covid-19 on Monday, reports

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The document emphasizes that wearing a mask "in transport, in closed and poorly ventilated places where there are people" represents a "gesture of solidarity with the most fragile".

However, the 19 members of the Committee do not mention the possibility of making the mask compulsory again in these places.

Cross infections of several viruses

"Communication on the wearing of masks must be reinforced, incentive, simple, clear and repeated", merely indicates the Covars.

About the eighth wave of Covid-19, underway in France, experts note that the "pandemic rebound" is for the moment "of moderate intensity", as reported by

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However, the situation must be carefully monitored, in particular because of the presence of the coronavirus at the same time as the known winter ailments (bronchiolitis, flu, gastroenteritis).

Wearing a mask could thus limit the congestion of health systems, whose “hospital capacities remain significantly reduced”.

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