Tag: masks

Amid COVID surge, VA hospitals not requiring masks for all patients

Veterans Affairs health officials are not currently planning to require all patients and visitors at department hospitals to wear masks despite several private health care systems making the move in response to rising COVID-19 numbers. However, local officials can opt to reinstate mask mandates for patient and staff safety if regional conditions warrant it. Private […]

Spain makes masks mandatory in healthcare centres amid flu, COVID peak

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia made wearing masks mandatory in healthcare centres around the country from Wednesday as the country faces a peak of flu and COVID-19 infections. “What we have to do is protect the most vulnerable people,” she told reporters. “It’s just common sense.” The health ministry ordered wearing a […]

Spain makes masks mandatory in hospitals after spike in Covid and flu cases

Face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and healthcare centres in Spain from Wednesday after a surge in respiratory illnesses, the Health Ministry said. The new leftist minority coalition government is imposing the measure despite opposition from most of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions. “We are talking about putting on a mask when you enter a […]

More hospitals are requiring masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge

NEW YORK (AP) — More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses. While many experts say this season likely won’t prove to be as deadly as some other recent winters, it still could mean hundreds of thousands […]

Philly to ban ski masks

Philadelphia is poised to ban ski masks in most public places. Responding to the persistence of violent crime and high-profile incidents of retail theft, Philadelphia is on the cusp of becoming the first major American city to pass a widespread ban on ski masks, which legislators there argue have been used by criminals seeking to […]

Mexico’s flagship train inauguration masks delay, cost concerns

By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico is set to inaugurate a tourist train that is a flagship infrastructure project of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, though experts say it is still a long way from being fully operational, with the opening rushed. “It’s the most important public work in the world,” Lopez Obrador […]