MADRID, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Spain is to impose the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors and step up booster COVID-19 vaccination, the country’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, announced yesterday.
The measures were announced following a virtual meeting with Spain’s regional leaders.
“One measure with very broad consensus among all the regional presidents … is the mandatory use of face masks outdoors,” Sanchez told the press, after the meeting.
He also announced that, his executive will use members of the armed forces, to aid regional contact tracing and vaccination teams, and military hospitals will be made available, if required.
All of Spain’s regions, except Asturias, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon and Madrid, have called for the COVID-19 passport to be required, to enter restaurants, bars, nightlife venues, and for visits to hospitals and care homes.
The country’s Ministry of Health reported some 60,000 new cases yesterday.
