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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1823
11 - 17 June 2020
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SO, it looks like we should get used to wearing face masks, a s j u s t a s t h e y a re obligatory to wear in Spain during the curre n t S t a t e o f A l a r m measures, they look to play a major part in the forthcoming ‘new normality.’ The Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday June 9 the decree of measures for the new normality. In principle, this period will last until there is a vaccine or an effective treatment against Covid-19. Face masks will be mandatory and fines for failing to comply will be up to €100. The communities must be prepared for another outbreak. However, there will be no movement restriction or limit of people who can meet. Health Minister Salvador Illa has repeated that residents must “lear n to live with the virus.” This new stage will begin when the State of Alarm ends on June 21. The control of the
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MASKS A MUST
NEW STAGE: Face masks look to play a major part in the new normality. Covid-19 will rest, in this new normality, on prevention. “Individual responsibility will be key,” said Salvador Illa. Hence rules stated by Illa live on TV such as the use of face masks when it is not possible to maintain a physical distance of 1.5 metres with other people in public or private places and the repetitive insistence to take care of “hand hygiene and respiratory
etiquette” in addition to “common sense,” which is regularly reiterated by the director of the Centro de Emergencias Sanitaria, Fernando Simón. Even without restric-
tions on mobility, those responsible for public transport must take measures to avoid crowds of passengers. Operators will have to keep the passenger
record for four weeks when they have an assigned seat for possible contagion traces. In workplaces, it will have to be ensured that the distance between workers can be kept to 1.5 metres and accesses organised so that there are no concentrations when entering or leaving. Now that the proposal has been approved it was to be published yesterday, Wednesday, June 10, in the BOE with full details.