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If the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, asked this Monday for the "mandatory use" of the mask in "public and closed" spaces, the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has gone even one step further there and has asked to "toughen up" that use even in public outdoor spaces because this would be a "very reasonable" measure.

"I am openly in favor of generalizing the use of the mask, and not only in private spaces but in public spaces," said the councilman in an interview on Onda Cero when asked about the convenience of using it in open spaces with high density of people like pedestrian zones or bike lanes. " The more we use them, the sooner we will get used to using it even in public spaces," he said.

For this reason, despite the fact that he has assured that the powers depend on the sole mandate of the Ministry of Health , Almeida has been "in favor" of "hardening" the use of these masks because they are "a fundamental element of protection for us and for the rest "and has advocated its use" practically in any situation " .

The mayor has affirmed that his government team will "guarantee that it is used at all times" in municipal offices because "the longer" it is worn it will be "better for everyone", but he has remarked that "the determination concrete "to expand the space in which they are mandatory corresponds to" the health authority "and that his team has already transmitted this issue to the Community of Madrid. "We speak with the Community and we transmit our opinions on it", he elaborated.

"The citizen has to see that he is going to recover part of his life but in a different way," Almeida continued, who has also indicated that this hardening should be done in a "reasonable" way, thus excluding people who play sports or with respiratory problems.

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