After the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) issued a statement this Wednesday in which asked the population to use the mask in certain public places for increase in covid-19 casesthe Municipality of Montevideo (IM) followed in his footsteps.
Thus, the departmental executive recommended, from that ministerial notification, to use the mask in transportation services. The notice is addressed to both the general population and the work staff.
However, the commune He reminded that the use of the mask is not mandatory.
“According to the measurements of the International Union of Public Transportcollective passenger transport continues to be a safe environment to travel in that the chances of contagion of diseases such as SARS-Cov-2 are extremely low, “added the IM publication, posted on its website.
In addition to transportation, the MSP urged to use the mask in shelters, when an outbreak is suspected, or when caring for unvaccinated people. He also recommended its use in closed spaces with agglomeration of people.
For his part, the infectologist edward savio had requested, just hours before of the dissemination of the statement by the MSP, those same measures. “Good it would be necessary to use the face mask on the busin closed payment premises or at large events, ”he said.
