The collegiate meeting of Anvisa decided, on the morning of Wednesday (1), to suspend the mandatory use of masks in airplanes and airports.
According to the agency’s director, Alex Machado Campos, the decision was made after the end of the holiday season and Carnival, which increased movement in the country’s terminals.
“Parallel to this, the decision also coincides with the beginning of the bivalent vaccination, which we another field of security and action to manage this risk.”
“The risk continues, but I ask that the sound warnings on the aircraft remain, especially for the immunocompromised public, for the elderly and children who have not had the vaccine, and the importance of the mask and the vaccination,” he said.
The Anvisa decision also suspends the obligation to organize the aircraft’s exit by rows of seats.
Machado’s vote followed that of the rapporteur Daniel Pereira in the collegiate.
The use of masks and other recommendations has been mandatory since November 2022, when the decision was resumed because of the increase in cases and the concern with the holidays.
Before that, the measure was in force between 2020 and August 2022.
With information from Gazeta do Povo