The government has not definitively ruled out the possibility of imposing the wearing of the mask in stores, implied the Minister of Health Maggie De Block, questioned Sunday on recent images of gatherings of young people celebrating.
The discussion on oral masks is not over, and if the sanitary parameters go back in the wrong direction, it will not only be a question of wearing the mask but also of other measures, warned Ms. De Block on the set from Zevende Dag (VRT), in view of festivities in Paris.
“I understand that young people want to party, but what we see now, we will pay for,” she added.
Currently, wearing the mask in stores is highly recommended, but not mandatory as recommended by some virologists. Erika Vlieghe, the president of the group of experts in charge of the deconfinement strategy (GEES), is one of them. She points out that the most recent figures for the number of infections show the effects of a society that is opening up again. We cannot say that it is a consequence of the absence of an obligation to wear the mask, “but the reverse and very true: with a mask, we can raise public awareness. An obligation would help to do so. It would have the advantage of clarity. “
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