Is it the end of the use of face masks in Mexico? Two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, this Thursday, March 17, could mark a turning point in the global health crisis.
Ruy López Ridaura, head of the Center for Preventive Programs and Disease Control (dinnerprece) of the Ministry of Health, said that an announcement in this regard is very likely, after a consensus made up of experts rules on the very likely decision to make the use of face masks mandatory.
López Ridaura said on Wednesday, after a meeting linked to the new model of IIMSS Health – Welfare in the National Palace, that the analysis of the measure is a request from AMLO and that this Thursday they could set a position on the matter.
“There will be a statement and it will be tomorrow [por el jueves]. There are guidelines that are being worked on, ”she assured, warning that it also depends on the consensus reached by the experts. In this sense, he mentioned the new variant “Deltacron”, among the possible conditioning factors.
The statement, according to López Ridaura, “is in process.”
Since March 13, the mask is no longer mandatory in Nuevo León, where Governor Samuel García Sepúlveda determined that it is no longer an imposition in open spaces.
García Sepúlveda used the measure to say that in his district there is “the best public and private health system in Mexico” and to ensure that the decision was “an example” for Latin America, since the measure has only been carried out in some countries. Europeans.
“The use of face masks when they are outdoors will be optional, thanks to their responsibility, vaccination and that health measures were respected, after two years it will be possible for the time being not to use face masks in open spaces,” said García Sepúlveda.
A Morning Consult investigation from 2022 says that among consumers in the United States, 34% rate the mask as “somewhat effective”, while 30% say that its use to contain the contingency is “not at all effective”. 15% say it is “very effective”.
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