Coronavirus: Majority of advisory committee back scrapping masks indoors

25-5-2022 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Warmer

Coronavirus: Majority of advisory committee...

The majority on the government’s advisory team for coronavirus favour suspending the requirement to wear face masks indoors, except at high-risk areas such as hospitals and closed structures, a health ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

But Constantinos Athanasiou told the Cyprus News Agency that scientists still prefer the use of masks in hospitals and closed structures, including nursing homes.

The members of the scientific advisory committee were asked to give their positions on the issue to the ministry by Tuesday.

So far, Athanasiou said, the majority of scientists are in favour of...

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