No more masks, the indisputable symbol of the pandemic. On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers will foreseeably eliminate the obligation to wear this garment in health centers (including pharmacies and health centers) and social health centers (visitors and workers), the only spaces in which it was maintained. It will go from being an obligation to a recommendation for those who have symptoms.
It can only be required in hospital areas where there are immunosuppressed patients, such as oncology units or in operating rooms and ICUs where they were already used before the appearance of covid.
The Minister of Health and the advisors of the branch have given the go-ahead this afternoon to the report prepared by the experts of the presentation on Health Alerts and Emergencies within the Interterritorial Council. The next step is for the Council of Ministers to modify the royal decree on masks next Tuesday.
In this way, a measure that has accompanied the population since the spring of 2020 and that has lasted almost three years is ended. During all this time, its mandatory use has been modified depending on the epidemiological situation of the covid.
The last modification was made in February of this year, when the obligation to carry it on public transport was eliminated. Since then, there have been many voices, especially from the Health Councilors of the majority of the autonomous communities, for it to stop being required in health and social health spaces, but it was not until this afternoon that the decision was taken. decision.
