After the meeting that Pedro Sánchez has held with the presidents of the autonomous communities this afternoon, the President of the Government has announced that he will again impose the mandatory use of the mask outdoors, six months after eliminating this obligation.
This decision will take it to the Council of Ministers tomorrow to be approved by decree law on Christmas Eve.
The meeting took place on the eve of Christmas after the new wave of infections that the whole country is experiencing due to the relaxation of the measures in recent months and the arrival of the omicron variant that has managed to saturate the market in a few weeks. sanitary system.
In addition, Sánchez has also announced that he will issue temporary authorizations to allow the sale of antigen tests for professional use in pharmacies, since they are practically exhausted throughout the territory.
The Armed Forces will also be mobilized to help hospital centers that request it.