The Spanish government has announced that from 20 April the obligation to wear a mask indoors will be abolished, except for public transport and hospitals.
"We will present to the Council of Ministers on 19 April a decree whereby the mask will no longer be compulsory indoors," said Health Minister Caroline Daria. The decree will come into force the following day, following its publication in the Official Gazette.
In health centres, hospitals, nursing homes and public transport the mask will remain mandatory.
Many countries have already lifted the mask requirement but the Spanish government preferred to wait until after the Catholic Holy Week (10-17 April) before putting an end to mask use. Outdoor mask use had been ended since the beginning of February.
Last week the mandatory quarantine for mild cases of Covid-19 was also abolished, as part of a new strategy aimed at treating the disease as endemic, like the flu. They have also ended systematic testing for all suspected cases or contacts of confirmed cases, excluding vulnerable groups (over 60 years old, immunocompromised, pregnant women), healthcare workers and severe cases.
Spain has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, with 92.5% of residents over 12 years of age fully vaccinated. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 102,747 deaths from Covid-19 have been recorded.
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