Ecuador removes mask mandate

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Ecuador removes mask mandate

STORY: Ecuador removes mask mandate DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: Quito CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Quito 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GUILLERMO LASSO, President of Ecuador 3. various of street views in Quito STORYLINE: The use of masks will no longer be mandatory in both open and closed spaces in Ecuador starting from Thursday, announced Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso together with the National Emergency Operations Committee. Removing his face mask as a symbolic act, Lasso said that this day had been longed for by Ecuadorians for a long time and that a normality had finally come with the "successful" vaccination drive started from January 2021. In recent weeks, five out of every 100 PCR tests in Ecuador came out positive, "a clear sign that we have practically defeated COVID-19," said Lasso. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GUILLERMO LASSO, President of Ecuador 0026-0044 "I have the pleasure of announcing that, in agreement with the decision of the National Committee of E

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