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A vintage streetcar in Vienna, Austria Multiple European countries are banning cloth face masks in an attempt to stem the spread of new, more transmissible strains of the coronavirus. Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel announced new requirements for face masks worn in public last week, mandating medical-grade masks and forbidding ordinary cloth ones.  The rules apply to public transportation, in shops and other similar businesses, and in all workplaces. Germany will send vouchers for 12 FFP-2 masks to all 34.1 million citizens, and Bundesgesundheitsminister Jens Spahn said that there is no indicati...

By now, I never leave the house without a face mask. I even stash extras in my car, and at home I have a wide variety of coverings in different patterns and colors. Even so, I’ve never considered doubling up and wearing two masks at once — until I watched the Presidential Inauguration on January 20. Like me, you may have spotted several attendees and key speakers — including poet Amanda Gorman — wearing not one, but two masks. The first layer...

European countries mandate medical-grade masks over homemade cloth face coverings Confronting new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus and a winter spike in infections, a number of European countries are beginning to make medical-grade face masks mandatory in the hope that they can slow the spread of the disease. The French government has now mandated that citizens wear single-use surgical FFP1 masks, more protective FFP2 filtering facepiece respirators or fabric masks which meet the same “Category 1” specifications — blocking more than 90% of particles — in all public plac...

Updated 1802 GMT (0202 HKT) January 22, 2021 German Chancellor Angela Merkel puts on her face mask after giving a press briefing on the Covid-19 situation on Thursday. (CNN)Confronting new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus and a winter spike in infections, a number of European countries are beginning to make medical-grade face masks mandatory in the hope that they can slow the spread of the disease. The French government has now mandated that citizens wear single-use surgical FFP1 masks, more protective FFP2 filtering facepiece respirators or fabric masks which meet the same "...

Facing new virus mutations, European countries are tightening mask regulations.