Is it compulsory to wear a protective mask on the bus today?

The website Ministry of Health published today, February 8, at BOE (Official State Gazette), which amends the Environmental Protection Law. obligatoriedad the use of face masks in force during the health crisis situation caused by COVID-19.

See delete the mandatory use of face masks in means of transport around the world. Spanish territory. Likewise, he recommended the site to use self-regulation there responsible face masks to all at-risk individuals with medical vulnerabilities or who present with symptoms compatible with SARS-CoV-2 infection while using public transport.

According to the latest report published on January 5, 2023of which 52 Spanish provinces, 28 are located in outside alert levels, 19 at alert level 1, the lowest, and 5 at alert level 2. None of the provinces of the territory indicates a high alert level such as three or four. The website Royal Decree 65/2023 on approved yesterday day February 7in accordance with the indicators of ” COVID-19 surveillance and control strategy after the acute phase of the pandemic”.

Where is it still mandatory?

However, it is stay the site OBLIGATORY of the use of mask in health centers (public and private), pharmacies, dispensaries, in residential homes and in others health centersbecause these are areas where there may be a greater focus of people in which the transmission risk is higher and the likelihood of serious illness is higher. Also Site (s where there may be bigger number of persons with respiratory infections infections.