Madrid would ban smoking on public roads "without any doubt" if the safety distance cannot be met, which is now only a recommendation, provided that it could adapt "the possibility at the legislative level" that Galicia has used

The Xunta has banned tobacco on public roads and outdoor spaces, including terraces, if the distance of two meters is not met due to the concurrence of people or the dimensions of the place.

The president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, explained that this measure has been reached because experts consider that tobacco smoke is "a factor of diffusion" of the virus and that there is a risk of contamination associated with this behavior insofar as it implies remove the mask in places where it is not always possible to maintain the social safety distance that all experts recommend to stop infections.

In statements to the press during a visit to the future emergency hospital, located in Ifema, the Minister of Health, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, has indicated that the Community has currently established the recommendation of not smoking in open spaces, especially terraces, where there would be a certain density of people.

At the proposal of President Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the counselor has said that at the time "the prohibition was valued", but according to the technical services it was a matter that competed with the state anti-smoking law and "we had doubts whether to increase the restriction ".

Trackers

On the trackers, Escudero said that "Madrid is not in the queue in number of trackers." "At present we have more than 500 trackers," said Escudero, adding that "the Community of Madrid has always had its network of trackers adapted to the healthcare need."

The Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso also defends that its detection of asymptomatic patients "is very high compared to other communities", of more than 70%, and makes "a large number of diagnoses." For example, yesterday she performed 15,000 PCR tests, especially on positive contacts.

The Madrid counselor has admitted that the cases have grown more in some Madrid districts, such as Usera and Puente de Vallecas, but he has defended that the tracking allows "to have control of the traceability of cases", and to make confinement decisions "at the individual level and family "and thus avoid" decisions of greater significance " that imply isolation at the community level.

"If we have that control of new cases and contacts, those decisions will always be able to be made at the individual level and it will not be necessary to make decisions of greater significance, as has been done in other communities, to confine certain towns or municipalities," he said. Squire.

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