The Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands warned this Friday that this weekend it will activate the "special surveillance" on the use of masks, with penalties for non-compliance of up to 100 euros.
"This garment is mandatory on the islands in all open and closed spaces where the minimum interpersonal distance of 1.5 meters cannot be maintained," the autonomous Executive recalls in a press release.
Specifically, the Government of the Canary Islands has announced that it will carry out "special surveillance in recreational and festive gatherings such as bars, discos, parties in villas or celebrations in open spaces."
This deployment will be executed by personnel from the Canarian Police, Local Police and State Security Forces.
"In spaces such as shopping centers, the mask is mandatory since it is not always possible to guarantee that distance," they point out, also recalling that this obligation "is added to the hygiene and hand washing measures necessary to reinforce social and individual action against the transmission of the virus."
This physical protection measure against COVID-19 compulsorily affects the entire population over six years of age, except for situations exempted by Royal Decree Law 21/2020, such as presenting some type of respiratory disease, disability or dependency and the exercise of individual sports outdoors, among others, provided they are duly justified.
The Government of the Canary Islands does not rule out having to adopt other "more restrictive measures, if these are insufficient in the face of a change in the pandemic scenario in the Canary Islands."
