Beating Covid-19 with public health measures

Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 15444 | 26 January 2022

Signatories:

Mr Hişyar ÖZSOY, Turkey, UEL ; Mr Bjarni JÓNSSON, Iceland, UEL ; Mr George KATROUGALOS, Greece, UEL ; Mr Marco NICOLINI, San Marino, UEL ; Mr Thomas PRINGLE, Ireland, UEL

Origin

2022 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 9.2.1.1, delete the words "(progressively moving to masks of FFP2 standard if possible)".

Explanatory note

Associations such as the German Society for Hospital Hygiene e. V. have repeatedly warned that mandating FFP2/N95 masks in the general public can be counterproductive because those masks only offer better protection when worn correctly. Otherwise, protection can be worse. See https://www.krankenhaushygiene.de/pdfdata/2021-07-07-Masken.pdf