Mask kept on board the bus – The TPG deplore special treatment but comply with it

– The TPG deplore a special treatment but comply with it

Face protection becomes optional almost everywhere, except on public transport. A pitfall for a proven branch.

Posted today at 8:11 p.m.

Illustrative picture; the mask will continue in the tram until the end of March.

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From Thursday, we can therefore drop the mask to work in a shared office, feast on a dance floor or study in a crowded audience. But you will have to continue to cover your face on the bus.

“The circulation of the virus remains high, justified the Federal Councilor in charge of Health, Alain Berset. In this context, we wish to protect vulnerable people who must, without having the choice to do so or not, use these services. This exception to the relaxations does not delight the branch. The director of the country’s Public Transport Union, Ueli Stückelberger, expressed his fear that the obligation to wear a mask would become more difficult to communicate and enforce than if a uniform decision had been taken.