US EditionHonduras mandates face masks again as respiratory illnesses spike
- Honduras has reinstated mandatory mask wearing in public spaces due to a rise in respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, as confirmed by the health ministry.
- Two deaths from COVID-19 have been reported this week in Honduras, raising the total to six in 2025, according to health officials.
- The new mask mandate applies to various public places, and authorities are urging vaccinations against COVID-19 and influenza.
- Currently, there are five people hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 at Hospital Escuela.
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Honduras mandates face masks again as respiratory illnesses spike
Over five years after the COVID-19 outbreak, Honduras has reinstated mandatory mask wearing in public spaces amid a spike in respiratory illnesses and as a variant of the virus spreads through the Central American country.
The Honduran government ordered public employees to telework for an outbreak of Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases that already left more than 200 dead this year. “All central government departments, [and] decentralized institutions (...) have been ordered to move to the telework modality on Thursday and Friday,” [...] The post Honduras implements telework for public employees due to the outbreak of COVID-19 appeared first on Diario Digital…
More than five years after the outbreak of COVID-19, Honduras has reintroduced mask duty in public spaces in view of an increase in respiratory diseases and the spread of a virus variant in the Central American country.The Honduran Ministry of Health confirmed two deaths from the virus this week in patients with pre-diseases, resulting in the total number of deaths in the country [...] The post Honduras once again writes mask duty due to rising …
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