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People should wear a mask inside a crowded place

If you’re in a crowded setting, you ought to wear a mask
If you’re in a crowded setting, you ought to wear a mask If you’re in a crowded setting, you ought to wear a mask

PROFESSOR Venki Ramakrishnan, president of the Royal Society, said people should wear a mask whenever they are in a crowded indoor environment.

It follows the publication of two reports by the society into the wearing of masks.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that it was “inconsistent” for ministers to recommend the wearing of masks while in hospitals or when using public transport but not in other places.

Prof Ramakrishnan said: “I think what we would like for the Government is to be a bit stronger and clearer about the messaging and require it whenever you are in crowded public spaces where you cannot get more than two metres away from the next person.

“If you’re in a crowded setting, you ought to wear a mask.”

He said “outdoors was less of a problem” for transmission and that mask-wearing was largely required in indoor settings.