Today, Tuesday, March 1, the Ministry of Health and health technicians from the various Autonomous Communities attended the meeting of the Public Health Commission with one purpose: to discuss the end of mandatory quarantines in close contacts of infected people.
On the table was the debate. The isolation in these cases had been kept for the unvaccinated They had to quarantine for 10 days. This fact has affected schools more, since the population with the lowest percentage of vaccination is found there. Until now, isolation was decreed for the entire student body in a classroom with five or more infected.
Elimination of quarantines in close contacts
So after the meeting the Commission has decided that the quarantines are eliminated in case of having maintained a close contact as of Saturday, March 5. Now, with progress, in the classroom, as well as in other areas, only positives should be isolated, while the rest of the students in the same class will be able to go to the center normally.
However, Regarding quarantines in case of being infected, there has been no progress. For now, this measure is still in force and continues to be seven days or 10 if symptoms persist.
In terms of masks, the withdrawal of their mandatory nature in closed spaces is increasingly being commented on. Although this still remains, in the Valencian Community, the president of the Generalitat announced the end of the face mask outdoors last week.
