The mayor of the US city of New York, Bill de Blasio, on Tuesday asked the population to use two masks until at least June, while the authorities continue their vaccination campaign against the coronavirus.
“Until June, keep doing exactly what you are doing,” he said, before asking “not just take a mask.” “Take two. It could be that we follow this recommendation for a while, depending on what happens,” he said.
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Thus, De Blasio has highlighted that the recommendation of this use until June is due to the fact that the authorities consider that it will be then when they manage to have vaccinated five million people against the new coronavirus, according to the US television network ABC.
June is when we want to reach the five million New Yorkers fully vaccinated and June is the first time we would consider changing the rules on masks, “he argued.
New variants
“We are very concerned about the variants, they are a great risk factor,” he concluded. The main person in charge of the fight against the coronavirus in the United States, Anthony Fauci, said a few weeks ago that it would be advisable for the population to wear two masks instead of one to increase protection against the virus.
“It’s a physical covering to prevent droplets and viruses from entering. If you have a physical covering with one layer and put another on top, it makes sense that it is probably more effective,” Fauci said.
Queue in New York to test for coronavirus.
The United States is the country most affected by the pandemic in global figures, with 28,261,585 cases and 502,660 deaths – the first country to overcome the barrier of half a million deaths. New York has confirmed 1,604,892 infections and 47,037 deaths, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
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