COVID restrictions are lifting — here's what scientists think
, politicians in places where that variant is dominant are relaxing rules that were introduced to tackle the pandemic.
Gurdasani would like to see the implementation of measures that can help to minimize the impact of relaxing restrictions on case and death numbers. For example, she says, if mask wearing is optional, there should be more focus on adequately ventilating buildings. Commuters in Denmark, where all domestic COVID-19 restrictions — including mask mandates and the use of vaccine passes — were lifted on 1 February.Joël Mossong, an infectious-disease epidemiologist at Luxembourg’s Health Directorate, supports lifting restrictions in his country. “We’ve seen some deaths, but nothing of the sort that we witnessed last winter, even last spring,” he says.
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