A leading authority in infectious disease has called for Australian state governments to remove mask rules for school students in the classroom as the jurisdictions proceed with relaxing indoor mandates. Many states across the country have taken action to ease mask mandate in indoor venues, except for some high-risk environments like hospitals, aged care and public transport. While the majority of people in Victoria no longer have to wear masks indoors from Feb. 25 at 11:59 p.m., primary school students in grades three to six will still be subject to the mask rules when they are in the classroom. Meanwhile, high school students in the Australian Capital Territory also share a similar experience. Robert Booy, a University of Sydney professor who was the head of clinical research at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance from 2005 to 2019, said the removal of mask mandate should extend to school …
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