The Ministry of Health and the Autonomous Communities have agreed this Monday that the mask will no longer be mandatory outdoors from next Thursday, except in mass events in which you are standing or you cannot maintain the meter and a half of safety distance when sitting.
The end of masks on the street has been approved with the endorsement of all the communities except the Basque Country, which has abstained, according to sources from the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System.
Now, the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, will take this Tuesday to the Council of Ministers the Royal Decree that will eliminate the mandatory use of masks in outdoor spaces, which has been in force since Christmas Eve. In this way, and once it is published on Wednesday in the BOE, it will no longer be so from Thursday, although it will be recommended to wear it "when there are crowds."
Increases the capacity in sporting events
In this same meeting, the Interterritorial Council has also increased the capacity in sports events, which goes from 75% to 85% in open venues and from 50% to 75% if they are closed. These figures will be reviewed before the end of February when, according to some of the sources consulted, "the entire public can return."
Some communities, such as Madrid and Andalusia, have abstained on this point because they rejected that there were still capacity limitations.
On the other hand, in Monday's meeting, Darias informed the councilors of the latest progress with the digital Covid certificate, within the European Commission.
In this way, the Ministry of Health has reported that a proposal has been published to modify the regulation so that these certificates "can be issued to people who participate in clinical trials of vaccines against covid", as is the case of the Spanish Hipra, and that the documents can be accepted by other member states so as not to apply restrictions on free movement.
In this sense, Spain has proposed the issuance of digital recovery certificates based on antigen tests and not only on PCR tests as until now, although these advances, says Sanidad, must continue their regulatory course to consolidate.
