Masks are no longer recommended by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Ecdc) on board aircraft and at airports from Monday 16 May. It means that in the countries of the European Union you can not put them, but it does not mean that Italy will stop using them on flights. Our country has decided to keep them until June 15, the date of the obligation of Ffp2 also for all other long and short distance public transport.
An update of the travel safety measures provides for the obligation to fall, but the clarification remains that “the mask remains one of the best defenses against the transmission of Covid-19”. Using it is strongly recommended for those who have coughs or are cold and for all the frail.
It is the new guidelines of the European Aviation Safety Agency themselves that provide for exceptions. “If the states of departure or destination require the use of masks in public transport, airline operators should require passengers and crew to wear a mask beyond May 16 ”.
Italy is one of the states to request it. It is not obliged to follow the European indication because individual states decide on health matters. Leaving from our country it will be necessary to wear the mask. The same applies to Austria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain.
Last week the European Parliament gave the green light to extend the validity of the digital certificate Covid EU for another year, until June 2023. This is the Green Pass which, however, only a limited number of countries require for entry: Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Most EU countries have eliminated anti-Covid restrictions.
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Source: Vanity Fair
