Darias announces the end of masks on public transport for February 8

• Covid-19 Fernando Simón advances the end of masks on public transport for "next or the following week"

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, announced this Thursday that masks

after the agreement of the Council of Ministers on February 7.

With which the measure would enter into force the next day.

This was communicated to the media after finishing the presentation ceremony in Madrid of the preliminary results of the 'Pasos 2022' study designed and coordinated by the Gasol Foundation, which allows us to know the lifestyles and health of the child and adolescent population between 8 and 16 years.

Darias added that

"I will raise the proposal to eliminate the mandatory use of masks on public transport."

For the processing of the administrative part, the minister announced that next week she will convene the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System to "put this measure into effect."

Instead, he clarified that

"as the experts advise."

previous announcements

In the morning, the government spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, stated that the decision to remove the mask on public transport would be taken "immediately, when possible", and pointed out that the incidence of the opening is currently being studied from the borders of China to decide on the matter.

In an interview with

, Rodríguez advanced the possibility of removing the masks on public transport, after yesterday Wednesday the director of the Health Alerts and Emergencies Coordination Center of the Ministry of Health (CCAES), Fernando Simón, assured that the end of the masks in transport will arrive "shortly" and in a "very short" period of time, for "next week or the following".

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