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Catalonia has announced the obligation of the use of masks in all health centers and geriatric residences in the face of the boom of flu cases, which have doubled in...
This article was originally published in Noticias para Municipios. Since this Thursday, the Community of Madrid recommends the use of masks in residences to increase the protection of the elderly against influenza, since they are the most vulnerable people. This recommendation will be extended from Monday, December 15, to all hospitals and health centers. This measure is taken by the Health Department after having reached on Thursday the 277 inf…
The measure has an initial validity of 15 calendar days following the very significant increase in serious respiratory infections.
The Minister of Health of the Generalitat, Olga Pané, will sign a resolution this Tuesday to establish the obligatory use of masks in health centers, hospitals and residences, before the advance of the flu in Catalonia. It has been reported by the territorial councillor and spokesman of the Generalitat, Silvia Paneque, at a press conference this Tuesday after the Council Exectiuu of this Tuesday. "To ask the citizenry, as we did with the vaccina…
"Use masks in these areas - hospitals, health centres and lares - where there are vulnerable people, helps save lives," said the Health Pastor in the regional government, Silvia Paneque, at a press conference in Barcelona to present the decision. According to the latest data from the Information System for Disease Control in Catalonia (SIVIC), relating to the week between 01 and 07 December, the flu is at a very high level of transmission in the…
The Department of Health makes the use of masks mandatory in health centers, hospitals and senior centers to contain the flu, according to Minister Sílvia Paneque.
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