Spain puts on the mask again for the corona virus and prepares new measures

THE coronavirus starts scanning her again Spainresulting in five districts reintroducing mandatory use maskwhile news is expected to be received meters against the virus.

Her district Valencia saw the rate of respiratory infections rise to 1,501 cases per 100,000 between December 26 and January 1, the second highest burden in the country for that week, after Castilla La Mancha.

The heads of the health authorities in Valencia recommended that citizens showing symptoms, as well as health professionals, and relatives and friends in waiting rooms, wear masks for the foreseeable future.

They also left open the possibility that this rule could be extended to other areas where vulnerable groups are concentrated.

The neighbor Catalonia ordered the use of masks in health centers, while Aragon issued the same directive for its northern part, adding that it “strongly recommends” that workers and citizens in general wear masks in public places, especially closed ones.

Its autonomous community Murthyon the northeastern coast, also introduced mask use, while in northwestern Spain, Galicia recommended mask use.

Spain was among the last European countries to lift mask-wearing measures following the COVID-19 pandemic, with citizens required to wear them on public transport until February last year and in health centers and pharmacies until July.

According to the latest epidemiological report from Carlos III University Health Institute of Spain, influenza, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) circulate widely in communities, with influenza predominating, while babies and the elderly are more likely to be hospitalized.

Her last week of December, 953 cases per 100,000 inhabitants were recorded at primary health centers in the country with acute respiratory illnesses, compared to 922 a week earlier, while hospitalization rates recorded a sharp increase compared to the previous year.

Source: News Beast

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