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From the Ministry of Health they assure that
there is no news in this regard
.
However, the number of autonomous communities that publicly request that the Interterritorial Council be taken to eliminate the obligation to wear a mask abroad.
Although in the end the update of the norm is the responsibility of the Government, a roadmap can be agreed upon with the autonomies.
This afternoon
the Public Health Commission of the Ministry of Health put aside the debate on the relaxation
of the use of the mask in outdoor spaces and focused on including new features in the
Vaccination Strategy
.
Changes for the eighth update of the vaccination strategy
The Public Health Commission
has approved the new and remaining vaccination groups for 30-39 years, 20-29 years, and 16-19 years
. The green light has also been given to inoculate minors from risk groups in which adults have already been vaccinated. The 7th update of the Vaccination Strategy included adolescents (point 6) after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the change to the Pfizer vaccine prescribing information. In that update only "very high risk" was specified and now more has been specified.
It is possible that the eighth update of the Vaccination Strategy, which could be presented next week, will include a point addressed in this Commission, according to those same regional sources: the recommendation that
those displaced by tourism be vaccinated instead of residence
.
Masks, pending debate for the following appointments
Regardless of the fact that they address the use of masks outdoors before the end of the Commission, many
autonomies already demand a clear advance
on the issue. That is, put specific dates. This week, the president of the Generalitat Valenciana,
Ximo Puig
, reiterated that he will ask for the
relaxation of the mandatory use of the mask in the open air "at the first moment in which there is opportunity"
within the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System.
From the
Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration (
Sespas) it is warned that "the
different judicial criteria
has meant that measures accepted in some autonomous communities cannot be implemented in others, with the confusion that this generates in the population."
The acting Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid,
Enrique Ruiz Escudero
, defended this Tuesday that decisions on the use of a mask outdoors and the administration of vaccine doses are taken at the national level. "
If we were on a horizon of 50% of the target population, it would be time
to think about releasing the mask, mainly in outdoor spaces," said Escudero, who points to
July as the horizon to achieve this
.
"At the first moment in which we have the opportunity, we will raise it," he guaranteed at a press conference before a meal with businessmen.
Moreover, Puig recalled that he already said "a long time ago" that there is
scientific evidence that both on the beaches and in natural areas
"there is no condition that makes the use of the mask necessary."
Also, the Catalan Minister of Health,
Josep Maria Argimon
, has declared himself in
favor of removing the mask in open spaces
and in certain conditions, such as walking alone, with partners or with a small group of vaccinated.
At a press conference at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona to present the project to expand this center, Argimon recalled that
Catalonia was the first community to introduce the mandatory nature of the mask
, but that at the moment this issue is regulated by the Condition.
Along the same lines, the President of the Government of Navarra,
María Chivite
, has stated that
throughout the month of July it could be allowed to be without a mask outdoors
, provided that the provisions of the vaccination process against Covid-19 are met.
"We are all looking forward to removing our mask outdoors and it has been shown that outdoors is a safer environment.
We could bet on July, but it has to do with how we progress with vaccination
and how the incidents are going," he said, in an interview on Radio Euskadi.
In addition, Chivite has specified that
the regulation of the use of the mask depends on a state law
and "it would be the Government of Spain" that should approve the corresponding decision.
"If the vaccination forecasts continue like this, it could be in the month of July," he pointed out, pointing out that it would be convenient for
this issue to be addressed in the Interterritorial Health Council,
where all the Autonomous Communities are represented.
For its part, the Basque Government Health Minister,
Gotzone Sagardui
,
has ruled out relaxing, "at least, immediately",
the use of the mask because you still have to be "prudent."
In addition, he recalled that the central government has to modify a state law so that this decision could be carried out.
Ultimately, it is up to the central government to draw up a statewide rule that allows us to forget about the mask in open spaces.
However, the processing times for a standard of these characteristics raise doubts as to whether it would be ready in the summer.
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