Published January 26,2023
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A commuter sporting a protecting masks sleeps inside a metro coach, on the primary day masks utilization is necessary in public transport, amid the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, May 4, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
Spain, one of many final international locations in Europe to nonetheless require individuals to put on masks on public transport to stop the unfold of COVID-19, will possible carry the duty on Feb. 7, Health Minister Carolina Darias stated on Thursday.
She stated the epidemiological scenario within the nation was steady and well being emergency companies had proposed lifting the restriction. Masks will stay necessary in well being services.
“I’ll bring the proposal to scrap the obligation to wear masks in public transportation to the cabinet meeting to be held on Feb. 7,” she advised reporters.
Three years after the primary instances of COVID-19 have been detected in Europe, masks are solely necessary on all, or some sorts of public transport, in Spain, Germany, Austria and Greece.
Mask-wearing on public transport turned compulsory in May 2020.
Germany is because of carry the rule, which applies to long-distance trains and buses, on Feb. 2. The obligation in Greece is about to run out on Jan. 30.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
