According to an amendment to be implemented by agreement between the Ministry of Health and the governorates There is an exception for some professionsSuch as workers in nursing homes or prisons who remain in quarantine for five days instead of the previous week, even if the infection is not accompanied by serious symptoms or illness.
And despite the abolition of quarantine, the ministry recommends working remotely in professions and workplaces where possible. Recommendations also include reducing social contact and keeping masks on, even outdoors.
Public testing rules have also changed: Coronavirus testing is performed automatically only on groups at high risk of infection, These include people over the age of sixty, those with weak or severe immune systems, pregnant women, and health care workers.
The Ministry justified the changes introduced by favorable epidemiological data and high vaccination, which will open a transitional period in the epidemiological management of Spain.
According to the Ministry, taking gradual measures By the first quarter of 2023, they will fully transition to a new monitoring system. This means that, like the already existing flu alert service, not every infected person will be registered, but will focus only on severe cases and age groups at risk. Representative data from the assigned population will be inferred from representative data from GPs and designated hospitals.
Due to the mitigation of the epidemiological situation, the Ministry of Health only publishes epidemiological data twice a week. According to the latest report released last Friday, about 72,000 cases of coronavirus were recorded in three days. Of the 100,000 people, 461 were infected at an average of two weeks. Of the vaccinations, 92.4% of the population over the age of 12, about 39 million, received two doses.
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