Spain reimposes the mandatory mask outdoors before the advance of the coronavirus

Spain reimposed the mandatory use of the mask outdoors, in order to contain the advance of the coronavirus covid-19, which reached a record close to 50,000 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to a government announcement on Wednesday.

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“The mandatory use of masks outdoors is established”, A government statement underlined, without specifying when the measure will come into effect.

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However, on Thursday an extraordinary Council of Ministers was convened to approve the decree law, so that the use of outdoor masks will be effective for Christmas, which always results in large concentrations.

The text was released at a time when an extraordinary meeting was being held between the president of the government, Pedro Sanchez, and the leaders of the country’s autonomous communities to discuss measures against the spread of the omicron variant.

Spain, one of the world leaders in vaccination, registered on Tuesday a national record of 49,823 new cases of covid-19 in 24 hours and the omicron variant, more contagious, already represents almost half of the new cases, according to the Ministry of Health .

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