COVID-19

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, announced on Wednesday that one of the most anticipated news since the beginning of the pandemic of coronavirus: the Government ends the obligatory use of masks indoors. It will be after Easter, next April 19, and the measure will take effect the next day, April 20. The Executive of Pedro Sánchez takes this step because "fortunately" Spain has a "very high level of immunization" […]

The government is considering leaving it to the companies to decide whether or not workers wear the mask during their working day while in their facilities, according to the report of the Alerts, Preparation and Response Plans of the Ministry of Health that at the moment is only a draft- In particular, the Paper recommends that the need for the use of masks in the working environment be assessed by […]

After more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic, with all kinds of restrictions, measures and confinements, many countries like Spain are heading towards an absolute normalcy with the design of the end of the masks indoors. In this scenario, the World Health Organization warns of a new variant of the coronavirus that may be the most dangerous known to date. Despite these new mutations of the COVID-19, in Spain, […]

The date of the end of the mandatory use of the mask indoors in Spain is not known at the moment. With the last change of action against the coronavirus for asymptomatic and healthy patients with mild symptoms, it seems that the end of the obligatory masks is closer. However, the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, continues to avoid dating this measure and explained that "we will go step by […]

This Monday, Spain takes an important step towards the so-called "gripalization" of the Covid-19. The mandatory isolation of those who test positive disappears. Mild and asymptomatic confirmed cases will not be isolated and close contacts will not be quarantined. In this regard, recommendations will be issued for preventive measures such as the use of masks in all areas and avoiding contact with vulnerable people. It will now be the health […]

The Generalitat Valenciana begins the last phase to reach the long-awaited «new improved normality». In view of the sustained and widespread decline in coronavirus infections, the regional executive decreed this Thursday the removal of the few restrictions that still remain in force in the DOGV and thus face the 'flu' of the disease in line with the guidelines of the Inter-territorial Health Council. This was announced by the President of […]

According to the departments of Salut and Educació, Catalonia approves the elimination of school quarantines from this same Wednesday, February 23. The 'conseller' Josep Maria Argimon and the spokesperson of the Government, Patrícia Plaja, already advanced last week that this week would enter into force the new measure. Carolina Darias, Minister of Health, asked the autonomies to continue with the unity in this matter and to go coordinated. Argimon assured […]

Pedro Sánchez has acknowledged in a press conference with the Danish Prime Minister that in Spain the conditions to remove the mask in the interior spaces already exist. The President of the Government hopes to be able to address the debate on the removal of masks indoors "soon" and "sooner rather than later" at the Inter-territorial Health Conference after hearing the opinion of experts and health care providers. This confession […]

The Ministry of Health has confirmed this Thursday 34,213 new positive and 360 dead by coronavirus. The cumulative incidence of the coronavirus in the last 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 984.33 positive cases, that is, for the first time since the beginning of the low year of the 1,000 positive. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the total number of infections in Spain has already risen to 10,778,607 […]