“We are up to what the experts tell us,” says Minister Darías, who defends that they continue to be used in health centers, residences and public transport
The end of masks in public transport, pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes is not a matter of days. Not weeks. Health is not in the business of relaxing the measures that have been in place since last April, when the obligation to wear it indoors was lifted but maintaining it in the cases mentioned to protect the most vulnerable people. And that this summer has seen some relaxation in the use of masks on buses and subways. Not so much in pharmacies, where we have seen users without a mask waiting on the street for the apothecary to deliver the medication because they had forgotten the mask.
To questions about this matter at the press conference after the Council of Ministers on Monday, Minister Carolina Darias (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 56 years old), said that her department will act based on what the experts say, and these, for the moment, have not put a definitive end to the masks on the table. Of course, those who have spoken individually believe that, although there are countries in Europe where it is no longer necessary, it is better to be cautious and wait to see how the cases and incidence evolve from the fall. “In this, as in other issues, we go hand in hand with the experts,” Darías pointed out, defending the face mask as a barrier against contagion.
The minister admitted that we are in the final stage of the pandemic and “now there is a lot of light”, and reiterated that the success of the vaccination campaign in Spain is one of the main reasons that “has allowed us to get here”.
The headline did advance that starting in the fall, and with the arrival of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines adapted to the new omicron variants, a new vaccination campaign will begin in Spain against covid (the fourth dose), which will start with the over 80 years of age and people who are cared for in residences.
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