Covid-19: This is how our life will be in the coming months

The control of the covid-19 epidemic that has been displayed for weeks Spain, whose population is already approaching 90% immunized, raises the question of when indoor mask will no longer be mandatory (outdoors it is not mandatory from June). For now, the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has announced this Thursday that it will no longer have to be used in educational centers during recess and outdoors as of Monday. In Catalonia, children can already go out to the playground without it if they play with their bubble group. But What will happen to the rest of the population?

Experts call for caution. Ask keep the mask on at least this fall and winter. “It is important that it continue to be used. Now there is a significant relaxation because part of the population is assuming that this pandemic is over. The media are sending very optimistic messages and it would not be advisable to remove the mask now. Spain should lower its incidence of the virus in the last 14 days to 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants “, defends Joan Caylà, member of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology.

Like Caylà, Juan Pablo Horcajada, Head of Infectious Diseases at Hospital del Mar, the mask should be kept indoors “at least until spring”, taking into account that autumn and winter are the time for the circulation of other respiratory viruses. “The big problem we have now is that there is a stagnation in the decline of new infections. If this remains stagnant, the trend will go back up. “More optimistic is Benito Admiral, Head of Infectious Diseases at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital, as he considers that “the current situation in Spain is very similar to that of countries like Denmark”, which dropped the indoor mask requirement in September. “Denmark does not have any capacity limitation either and its vaccination level is even somewhat lower than that of Spain”, justifies Almirante. “My personal opinion is that maybe now is not the time to remove the masks because we are entering winter, but at the beginning of the year, in two or three months, yes it could be valued “.