The suggestion took into account the increase in the variation in the number of cases in the last 14 days, according to the official letter.
The Health Department of the Federal District recommended this Thursday (June 2, 2022) the return of mask use in closed and public environments with agglomeration. The suggestion considers the increase in the variation in the number of cases in the last 14 days.
“The risk matrix [da pandemia na capital] reached 24 points, being classified as high risk“, says the secretary, in a letter signed by the assistant secretary of Health Care of the DF, Pedro Costa Queiroz Zancanaro. Here’s the intact (68 KB).
On March 10, the governor Ibaneis Rocha (MDB-DF) withdrew the mandatory use of masks in closed spaces in Brasilia.
In the DF, 11,692 people have died from covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic and 712,968 have been infected.
This Thursday (June 2), Ibaneis Rocha said that, for now, the Federal District Government will not impose any type of obligation to wear masks.
“To decide whether we will have to use masks, it is necessary to evaluate the set of information: infection, hospitalization and deaths. For now, the measure is not necessary.”, stated the governor on Twitter.
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