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]]> Masks will no longer be required on Danish public transport, the government said on Friday, as the Nordic country lifted the last of its compulsory face-covering regulations.

“We are now in a situation… where a large part of the population has been vaccinated and we are returning to a more normal everyday life,” transport minister Benny Engelbrecht said in a statement.

From Saturday, “We can say goodbye to masks on buses, trains and the metro,” he added.

The change was originally scheduled for September 1.

On Wednesday, health authorities loosened social-distancing regulations in the Scandinavian kingdom of 5.8 million people, which has seen about 1,000 new infections a day.

Over 60 percent of the population has received a full course of the vaccine.

“We now have good control of the infection across society,” Helene Bilsted Probst, deputy director of the national health agency said in a statement.

Therefore, we can adapt the prevention recommendations in such a way that people can maintain a normal daily life while respecting the principle of prevention.”

Masks will remain obligatory on planes and in the country’s airports, where international air-transport rules apply.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Edge Media staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

 

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]]> https://theedgemedia.in/masks-will-no-longer-be-required-on-danish-public-transport/feed 0 Relaxing social distancing measures and dropping masks will cost you later https://theedgemedia.in/relaxing-social-distancing-measures-and-dropping-masks-will-cost-you-later https://theedgemedia.in/relaxing-social-distancing-measures-and-dropping-masks-will-cost-you-later#respond Fri, 30 Jul 2021 11:38:11 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=20168 Relaxing non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as facemasks and social distancing measures when most people have been immunised with the Covid-19 vaccine greatly increases the risk of vaccine-resistant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease, according to a new research, news agency AFP reported on Friday. The authors of the research said that their […]

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]]> Relaxing non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as facemasks and social distancing measures when most people have been immunised with the Covid-19 vaccine greatly increases the risk of vaccine-resistant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease, according to a new research, news agency AFP reported on Friday.

The authors of the research said that their modelling study showed the need to maintain face masks and social distancing rules until everyone is fully vaccinated against the disease. The study came at a time when nearly 60% of citizens in Europe have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

A pan-European team of experts studied the chances of a vaccine-resistant strain of the coronavirus emerging in a population of 10 million people over three years. The study was done to predict how the SARS-CoV-2 might mutate in response to vaccination campaigns.

Many variables such as vaccination, mutation and transmission rates, including recurring “waves” of infections and the fall in cases in response to lockdowns were considered for the study.

As expected, the model showed that a faster pace of vaccination would reduce the risk of the emergence of a vaccine-resistant strain

However, the authors also said that the risk of a resistant strain emerging was the highest when a large proportion of the population was vaccinated but not large enough to achieve herd immunity. They called this scenario “counter-intuitive.” The authors also said that their model estimated a threshold of 60% population being vaccinated after which, the vaccine-resistant variants appeared more likely to emerge.

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]]> https://theedgemedia.in/relaxing-social-distancing-measures-and-dropping-masks-will-cost-you-later/feed 0 Pawar urges people to continue wearing masks in public places https://theedgemedia.in/pawar-urges-people-to-continue-wearing-masks-in-public-places https://theedgemedia.in/pawar-urges-people-to-continue-wearing-masks-in-public-places#respond Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:33:41 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=17992 Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has urged Pune residents to continue wearing masks in public places even if they have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Pawar, who chaired the weekly Covid-19 review meeting at Pune’s Council Hall on Friday, also said the present restrictions in the city will continue. It has been observed […]

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]]> Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has urged Pune residents to continue wearing masks in public places even if they have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Pawar, who chaired the weekly Covid-19 review meeting at Pune’s Council Hall on Friday, also said the present restrictions in the city will continue.

It has been observed that people who have received both the vaccine jabs are not wearing masks. At today’s meeting, an example came before us of a person who contracted Covid-19 after taking both the doses and sadly passed away. Hence, it’s important that even those who have got both vaccine doses continue to wear masks in public places. This is what our medical task force is telling us. People have to continue to wear masks, sanitise their hands and observe social distancing,” said Pawar, the guardian minister of Pune district.

Pawar said that while Pune district has crossed the landmark of administering 50 lakh vaccine doses, all the vaccine centres have been closed for the last two days because of unavailability of vaccines. “We are prepared to administer more vaccines at a high rate but the supply is not enough from the central government. We were earlier told by the Union government that vaccine supply will be increased by the end of June. However, the situation has not improved as of yet,” he said.

Two vaccines are being produced in the country but the speed of production is not as per the demand. The two vaccines from abroad – Sputnik and Moderna – have been allowed but for some reasons they are not available in requisite quantities. Until supply is fixed, the vaccination process will continue to slow down,” said Pawar.

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]]> https://theedgemedia.in/pawar-urges-people-to-continue-wearing-masks-in-public-places/feed 0 50% people in India still do not wear a mask https://theedgemedia.in/50-people-in-india-still-do-not-wear-a-mask https://theedgemedia.in/50-people-in-india-still-do-not-wear-a-mask#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 12:38:47 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=13174 Recently, Government had conducted a study in 25 states on the mask wearing habits of people. The study has brought into light that 50% of the people still do not wear a mask. This is not all. It also showed how a majority of the population wears mask. While 50% of the people still do […]

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]]> Recently, Government had conducted a study in 25 states on the mask wearing habits of people. The study has brought into light that 50% of the people still do not wear a mask. This is not all. It also showed how a majority of the population wears mask. While 50% of the people still do not wear a mask, 32% of the people cover their moth but forget to cover their nose. Worse are the 10% of the people who wear a mask only to cover their chin and even worse is the 1% population that rests their masks on their necks. This means that only 7% of the people wear mask and rightly.

Currently, India is the worst hit country by Covid. As the second wave hits, covid cases and death tolls are on a high rise and a new benchmark is crossed almost everyday. In such times, it is very necessary that people follow simple guidelines such as wearing a mask correctly, maintaining social distance, avoid touching face, etc to break the chain.

 

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