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Covid passport may be abolished in March
President of the Valencian Community Ximo Puig revealed that due to the current rate of decline in coronavirus infections that the obligation to present a covid passport may be abolished from March 1st.
Meanwhile, the mask will continue to be mandatory indoors - outdoors it will be required only at crowded events when the safety distance between people cannot be guaranteed. in terms of the vaccination certificate
or ‘covid passport’ in the Valencian Community, this document must be shown until Monday February 28 for access to bars, restaurants, nightclubs and cinemas, any establishment that serves food, plus venues such
as swimming pools as well as health centres and hospitals. From March 1st and beyond, it will no longer be necessary to present a covid pass, according to Ximo Puig’s remarks at the weekend. the epidemiological situation is slowly improving with more than twice as many discharges as infections, which is also reflected in the progressive decrease in the number admitted to hospitals. Puig said that if the health situation “continues to go as it is right now”, with a big decline in infections and, more importantly, in hospitalizations and iCu occupation, the hope is that more restrictions can be eased. asked about the forthcoming Fallas festival, he pointed out that “there will be some restrictions”, such as the mandatory use of masks. Puig also praised the citizens of the
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Valencian Community, saying that they have displayed “extraordinary” behaviour. he also said that he wants to “move towards normality” although without forgetting that the virus is still present, saying: “We still have the pandemic.” Meanwhile, news emerged on thursday that the falsification of the vaccination certificate or covid passport would carry a prison sentence of between 6 months and 3 years and that the spanish courts would consider the person who commissions the false covid pass as responsible for the crime. the vaccination certificate is still necessary in spain to access establishments in andalucía (until today, tuesday 15th February), aragon, the Canary islands, the Valencian Community (until tuesday March 1st), Galicia, La Rioja, Murcia, Ceuta and Melilla.