VOA新闻杂志2022 欧洲取消航班口罩令（在线收听）

Face coverings will not have to be worn in airports and on flights in Europe starting May 16.

从5月16日开始，欧洲机场和航班上将不再强制要求佩戴口罩。

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) announced the new policy on Wednesday.

欧盟航空安全局以及欧洲疾病预防控制中心周三宣布了这项新政策。

EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky said: "From next week, face masks will no longer need to be mandatory in air travel in all cases."

欧洲航空安全局执行董事帕特里克·基表示：“从下周开始，在航空旅行的所有情况下都不再强制要求佩戴口罩。”

Ky said the move was in line with requirements from national transport officials across Europe.

基表示，此举符合欧洲各国交通官员的要求。

Italy, France, Bulgaria and other European countries have been easing or ending many or all of their measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

意大利、法国、保加利亚等欧洲国家已经放松或结束了大部分或全部新冠肺炎防疫措施。

Several U.S. airlines said they would no longer require masks in April. The move came after a federal judge in Florida ruled that the U.S. administration's mask requirement for public transport was unlawful.

几家美国航空公司表示，他们今年4月份就不再要求佩戴口罩。出台此项措施之前，佛罗里达州一名联邦法官裁定美国政府要求在公共交通上佩戴口罩是非法的。

ECDC Director Andrea Ammon said, although wearing masks would not be mandatory, "together with physical distancing and good hand hygiene it is one of the best methods of reducing transmission."

欧洲疾病预防控制中心主任安德烈埃·阿蒙表示，虽然不强制戴口罩，但是“结合保持身体距离以及良好的手部卫生，这是减少传播的最佳途径之一。”

Hygiene is a term that describes things done to keep yourself clean to stay healthy.

Hygiene是一个术语，它是指为保持自身清洁以维持健康所做的事情。

After the mandatory requirement is lifted, rules for wearing masks are expected to be different between airlines in Europe. Airlines will encourage passengers to use masks on flights to or from places where mask-wearing on public transport is still required, the agencies said.

在取消强制要求之后，预计欧洲各航空公司之间佩戴口罩的要求将会有所不同。这些机构表示，航空公司将会鼓励乘客在往返于尚未取消公共交通口罩令的地方的航班上佩戴口罩。