The extension beyond June 30 of the obligation to wear a mask in the workplace is expected by the hour after the meeting between the Ministry of Health, Inail and trade unions. FFP2 is thought of in particular risk situations.
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Compulsory face masks in the workplace even after June 30th. This would be the intention of the Ministry of Health and Inail which, together with Cgil, Cisl, Uil, Ugl and employers’ associations, met in the last few hours to decide on the updating of the Anti-Covid protocol.
In fact, next Thursday the obligation to wear a mask in the workplace expires, but the orientation is that of extend italso considering the numbers of contagion of the last days. Not only. It is recorded, thanks to the spread of the very contagious Omicron 5also a rise in admissions in intensive care and in the medical area, which is worrying experts.
Therefore, in the office you may have to continue to wear the mask, preferably FFP2 to avoid being infected by the new sub-variants of Omicron, which manage to infect even those who are already healed. In particular, this may be required in all spaces where the spacing and in those where the employee works closely with the public.
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The draft of the document, according to what he anticipated The printwould go to set a two meters the interpersonal distance to maintain in order not to use the mask. There would then be an obligation to disinfection desks and company computers at the end of each shift.
The importance of the mask was reiterated by Gianni Rezza, Director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health: “Given the high speed of viral circulation – he warned – it is good to remember that the risk of transmission of the infection can be reduced by using masks, especially in the presence of large groups of people, and at the same time protect the most fragile and elderly people with the additional booster dose “.