Technicians are pushing for health to delay the removal of the mask in the building until Easter

Alerts Report technicians, made up of experts from the Ministry of Health and Autonomous Communities, blocked the road before Easter to remove the mask from the building. In the draft proposal, which has already been sent to the members of the regional council, experts advise to wait for the holidays to end.

The authority also told the Health Warning and Emergency Coordination Center when asked what date would be most appropriate to make the decision. Given the proximity of the holidays, the government was considering speeding up the decision until Holy Thursday, but received a refusal from the technicians, confirm sources close to the talks.

Withdrawal warnings

The document adopted by the ministries has been submitted ყThe world And which elDiario.es had access to, sets some exceptions to general withdrawal: hospitals, residences and transport. The paper recommends that the mask continue to be mandatory for workers and visitors to health centers, as well as People recognized it When they are in common areas outside their room such as corridors because they are high risk places.

If the government adheres to the technical criteria, the obligation will also apply Workers and visitors to social health centers In common areas, but not for residents. “Given that the facility is a place of residence for the people living there, it is believed that the constant use of the mask affects the well-being of these people,” the presentation argues. Warning Transport This is justified because “large populations are concentrated in small spaces with small interpersonal distances and sometimes for long periods of time.”

Spaces using “Recommended”

The sentence also mentions the recommended use for the following situations and people: vulnerable populations when they have “long” contact with people at a distance of less than 1.5 meters; Teachers in vulnerable situations; At Work When distance and ventilation are impossible; on Meetings of friends And private celebrations – especially given the existence of the vulnerable; And public places such as shops, CinemasTheaters, concert halls or Museums. Also inside BarsRestaurants and nightlife places where you eat and drink.

Not at school

However, technicians advise that it should not be used in schools. “It has an impact on social interaction and personal development, so the benefits of removing the mask may outweigh the potential risk of transmission to this group,” justifies a conference proposal that recommends keeping it among the most vulnerable teachers. .

The presentation acknowledged that the mask was a “major preventative measure” and recalled that its use, despite the regulations, was “largely the responsibility of each individual”. It is very effective in reducing transmission, but on the other hand, it “reduces the ability to communicate and interact adequately with other people,” say technicians, who say it is time to “start re-evaluating.” “Non-pharmacological measures to reduce transmission” and thus “restore normalcy in a context where it is estimated that a balance of risk and benefit can justify it”.

From which day?

The days of the mask are numbered. However, it is still unknown when the decision will be made, in which body and for what day. The usual procedure would be for the report proposal, as it does for other issues, to be approved by the Public Health Commission for the first time, but some advisers are skeptical that the process will follow and believe it could be considered directly by the Territorial Council. .

It is scheduled for next Wednesday in Toledo and such a question is not on the agenda. Communities are waiting for a decision soon, but most prefer to follow the technical criteria, even if it means waiting, except for Madrid and Catalonia, who have been asking for a withdrawal for weeks.

Topics are waiting

“The National Alarm newspaper spoke and said that it did not agree with its removal, at least, before the end of Easter. “It was a proposal,” Juan José Pedrenio, Murcia’s health minister, said on Monday. Similarly, Basque Health Minister Gozone Sagardu supported the recommendations of experts to decide on the elimination of the mandatory nature of the interior, a measure that “should come from the hand of scientific knowledge and evidence,” Efe told AFP.

Extremadura will also use what is set out in the warning report on the completion of internal masks, as Health and Social Services Minister Jose Maria Vergeles said on Monday, not to work “excessively” as the new phase, which only counts cases in severe and vulnerable groups, is “short In time “is used. Andalusia, for its part, favors a “several months” wait, as there will be events that generate “great concentration of people,” such as Holy Sunday, the April market in Seville, or various pilgrimages.