The Government made the optional use of masks official in educational institutions nationwide. The measure will take effect from this Monday, August 29.
According to the Supreme Decree No. 108-2022-PCMpublished today in the newspaper El Peruano, the use of face masks will be optional for students, Adequate ventilation must be guaranteed in the educational center.
In addition, it specifies that the The use of a mask for teaching staff will continue to be mandatory..
The rule also details that the use of a KN95 mask is mandatory, or failing that, a three-fold surgical mask and a community mask (fabric) on top of it, in closed places. While in open spaces it is optional.
Likewise, people with respiratory symptoms, both in open and closed spaces, must wear a mask.
Optional use of masks
The general director of Strategic Interventions of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), Alexis Holguín, specified in a dialogue with RPP Noticias that the measure can only be implemented in educational institutions where adequate ventilation is ensured.
“That will be decided by the institution and the entity in charge, in this case Education. For example, I can have a classroom and I don’t have a window, it couldn’t be applied in this space, I don’t have ventilation”, he pointed.
In addition, the Minsa comments that this measure also reaches universitieswhich have a population vaccinated with a third dose that exceeds 90%.
