Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes

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Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes

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Wearing face masks will remain mandatory in indoor spaces but not outdoors from Thursday except in congested places.

"The country’s improved epidemiological picture is clear and pleasant"

said Vana Papaevangelou, a member of the committee of infectious disease experts advising the government.

"The outlook is favourable."...

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Let's hope the same follows in Cyprus. Though there has been a slight increase over the last couple of days, the wearing of masks outdoors in uncrowded spaces is not part of the WHO's anti-COVID recommendations, and is a puzzling legacy from earlier lockdowns.
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Re: Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes

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Paphos Life wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:30 am Wearing face masks will remain mandatory in indoor spaces but not outdoors from Thursday except in congested places.

"The country’s improved epidemiological picture is clear and pleasant"

said Vana Papaevangelou, a member of the committee of infectious disease experts advising the government.

"The outlook is favourable."...

Read the article and chat about it below...

Let's hope the same follows in Cyprus. Though there has been a slight increase over the last couple of days, the wearing of masks outdoors in uncrowded spaces is not part of the WHO's anti-COVID recommendations, and is a puzzling legacy from earlier lockdowns.
More then a slight increase?
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Re: Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes

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Not when compared to the figures we were getting a while ago. As the figures get lower, an increase will be bigger, percentagewise.

Take the following series:

120 80 50 30 20 15 10 5 10

When the number went from 5 to 10, it DOUBLED overnight, but it still only increased by 5.

And the figures for Paphos are tiny; two from 3,036 tests, with a positivity 0.07 per cent.
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Re: Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes

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The only concern I have is that after the bank holiday water festivals the cases doubled overnight?
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