Heathrow And UK Airlines Drop Face Mask Mandate

The BBC reports:

The UK’s largest airport has dropped mandatory face masks for passengers. Heathrow Airport no longer requires people to wear them in its terminals, railway stations or office buildings but will continue to recommend they do so.

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are the latest airlines to relax their policies on face coverings. Passengers must still wear them on board flights if the country they’re travelling to requires it.

‘Plan B’ measures ended in late January, meaning masks were no longer legally required on some public transport and in shops. However Heathrow, which handles a large number of international flights, had kept the rule that face coverings must be worn, until this week.

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