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Spain to drop masks outdoors as omicron surge decelerates

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SEVILLE, SPAIN - 2022/01/28: A couple wearing facemasks as a precaution against the spread of covid-19 in front of Triana Bridge in Seville. (Photo by Francis Gonzalez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) MADRID - Spain will end a mandate to wear masks outdoors next week, reversing a late December order against an unprecedented surge of coronavirus infections fueled by a highly contagious mutation, Health Minister Carolina Darias said.After confirming that contagion levels have peaked, the Spanish Cabinet will end the mandate next Tuesday and the government expects the changes to be adopted from Thursday, Feb.

10, Darias told Cadena SER radio on Friday.Mask wearing will remain mandatory in indoor public spaces, including public transportation, and outdoors whenever citizens can’t keep a safe distance of 1.5 meters between them.The outdoor mandate, adopted on Dec.

22 as many were preparing to reunite with loved ones on Christmas, was the government's main response to the spread of omicron.RELATED: US hospitals facing staffing shortages seek foreign nurses for help amid pandemicThe decision was criticized by some experts as a cosmetic move that had little effect in halting contagion.Official health ministry data shows how the spread of the virus gained speed in November and peaked on Jan.

21 at 3,418 new infections per 100,000 residents in two weeks, a pandemic record. Contagion has since slowed down and the 14-day figure dropped by 1,000 infections per 100,000 residents on Thursday, to 2,420.Authorities credit a strong vaccination rate of nearly 81% of the 47 million population for a lower admission rate of people with COVID-19 in hospitals than in previous infection surges.Spain has officially recorded just over.

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