8 Jan, 2024 @ 13:21
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Masks will NOT be made mandatory in hospitals in Spain’s Andalucia – after several other regions enforce face coverings

File photo dated 21/12/21 of a nurse putting on full PPE on a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital, in south east London. The Government wasted billions of taxpayers' money on unusable personal protective equipment (PPE) and has an "alarming" lack of plan for an emergency stockpile for future pandemics, MPs have warned. Issue date: Wednesday July 5, 2023.

MASKS will not be enforced in Andalucian hospitals as many other regions make face coverings mandatory.

Masks will not be made mandatory in hospitals across Andalucia. Photo: Cordon Press

Health tsar Monica Garcia issued the temporary recommendation last week as cases of flu, influenza and Covid continue to rise. 

Many regions like Valencia, Catalonia and Murcia have followed the recommendation.

Meanwhile Andalucia, Madrid, Navarra and Castille y Leon have not imposed new regulations. 

Andalucia will continue to follow the rules established in June 2023, after the Covid-19 global health emergency was declared over by the World Health Organisation. 

Although not obligatory, the Junta has recommended that carers or anyone who frequently visits health environments should wear a mask. 

Andalucia’s Department for Public Health has also recommended the use of masks if a health professional believes a patient has a respiratory illness or they are carrying out certain tests. 

It comes as respiratory illnesses are on the rise in Spain, with 952.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. 

However, the rate in Andalucia is much lower, at 505.2 per 100,000.

Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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