Beyond England, Northern Ireland, Norway and Barbados, destinations that currently have no in-air mask requirements include Mexico, Saint...
Beyond England, Northern Ireland, Norway and Barbados, destinations that currently have no in-air mask requirements include Mexico, Saint Lucia, the Bahamas and Jamaica. The United States, Scotland, Italy and China are among the many countries that continue to require masks on planes.
Airport rules may be stricter than airplane rules on a given route, which means a traveler may have to put on a mask upon arrival. According to the Airports Council International, a trade organization representing nearly 2,000 airports, airports in Norway, Denmark and England have been outliers when it comes to lifting mask requirements.
When can I stop flying with a mask in the United States?
Maybe April 19, if — and it’s a big if — the White House doesn’t extend the mandate of the federal mask. further away. Same stewardess are Split on whether the term should be extended again, with some saying that The mask rule is not worth it, given the problems with its application, while others argue that the rule is critical to ensure the safety of medically vulnerable travellers.
Should the number of Covid cases affect mask mandates?
It depends on who you ask.
Around the world, the number of cases varies. In recent weeks, the number of cases has fallen to its lowest level since June in the USA. Canada is also down to its lowest number of cases since December. But in many other places, cases are increasing. As England moves away from airport and airline mask mandates on March 16, cases matter to hit their peak in almost a month. Meanwhile, a highly transmissible subvariant known as BA.2 East hammering parts of Asia and Europe. And on Sunday, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the Biden administration’s top pandemic adviser, predicted that the United States would eventually see a similar “increase” in BA.2 cases.
“Covid is not over,” said Harvard director Leonard Marcus Aviation Public Health Initiative, which produced a report that some airline executives used to rationalize the end of mask requirements. Dr. Marcus said it was too early for him to have an opinion on whether BA.2 deserves an extension to the mask’s federal mandate. But once lifted, he said, a mask mandate will be difficult to reinstate.
Some proponents of ending mask mandates argue that as long as vaccines prevent serious illnesses, case counts are irrelevant because most international travelers are vaccinated.
In a statement announcing the end of its mask requirement last week, Heathrow Airport embodied this line of thinking, mentioning “the strong protection provided by vaccination programs around the world” and an adherence to a “movement towards learning to live with Covid in the longer term”.
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