In Jena, in eastern Germany, the sewing workshops are at the forefront of the fight against the Covid-19. Since April 6, the date on which the municipality imposed the wearing of masks, Andrea Phillipp-Dietrich has never left his sewing machine. "Since the beginning of the month, I have constantly received calls from people asking me if I can produce masks. We can feel that wearing the mask reassures them," explains the seamstress by trade.

Jena was the first German city to impose the wearing of masks in shops, public transport and at the workplace. All flanked by an intense prevention campaign.

"We also called on the inhabitants to sew their masks themselves, because the municipality is able to provide masks to the nursing staff, but not to the entire population," explains Thomas Nitzsche, the mayor of Jena.

And the result is there: in Jena, the measures of restriction associated with the wearing of the mask made it possible to stop the spread of the virus. "On April 9, we had 155 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants. Since that number has not changed, the city still has 155 cases, not one more," continues the councilor.

It must be said that, according to the municipality, the population respects the wearing of the mask to the letter, no verbalization is to be reported.

An example that serves as a model. Starting next week, wearing a mask in shops and public transport will be compulsory in all German regions.

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