{"id":151162,"date":"2020-08-31T22:20:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T22:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/brussels-to-keep-face-mask-rule-at-least-until-mid-september\/"},"modified":"2020-08-31T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T22:20:12","slug":"brussels-to-keep-face-mask-rule-at-least-until-mid-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/brussels-to-keep-face-mask-rule-at-least-until-mid-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels to keep face mask rule at least until mid-September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Face masks will remain compulsory in Brussels at least until mid-September, according to the minister-president of the Brussels region, Rudi Vervoort.<\/p>\n<p>The region may revise the policy, though, after it evaluates the effect of peoples return from holidays and the reopening of schools, said Vervoort in an interview Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Across the entire Brussels capital region, people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/brussels-region-masks-mandatory-everywhere-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have had to wear masks<\/a> in public since August 12. Following experts advice, Vervoort ordered that the measure kick in as soon as the average daily infection rate in the 19 municipalities reached 50 per 100,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>After a surge in early to middle August, the number of new reported cases in the Brussels region is falling, but the weekly total is still higher than it was in July. The <a href=\"https:\/\/epistat.wiv-isp.be\/covid\/covid-19.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">past week<\/a> saw 719 infections in the region, down from 929 the week before.<\/p>\n<p>Asked at what point the measure could be revised, Vervoort said he wants to see the situation stabilize before dropping the face mask requirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea is to look at that in the longer term,\u201d he said. \u201cThis will not be lifted as soon as we are back under 50 [infections per 100,000 inhabitants]. There needs to be a trend over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the weeks to come we will have events that might influence the infection rate, such as the start of the school year and the last returns from the red zones. We will at least need to overcome those two events before we see what we do,\u201d Vervoort said. \u201cThe objective is not to impose the face mask permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister-president, who participates in the meetings of the Belgian National <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/brussels-to-keep-face-mask-rule-at-least-until-mid-sept\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Face masks will remain compulsory in Brusse..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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