The mask will be mandatory in the Kings parades in Catalonia

The face mask it will be “obligatory“for the children older than six years who want to witness the cavalcades of the Magi, who will also take it to set an example, and the Department of Health “recommends” its use also to children between three and five years.

The increase in infections due to covid-19 forces to establish certain security measures in horseback riding and, thus, the kings Melchior Caspar and Balthazar They will wear a mask, has indicated the Department of Health of the Generalitat.

The mask will also be “mandatory” for children over six years of age, and it is “recommended” for those between the ages of three and five.

People “with symptoms of covid-19, with a positive test result, pending results, or who are in quarantine because they are close contacts” will not be able to participate in the horseback riding, which will have to be “preferably outdoors”. depending on the source.

Salut also wants the members of the entourage who play wind musical instruments to always wear the mask “when they are not playing.”

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It will be necessary to maintain “the maximum possible distance between the entourage and the public, and between the spectators themselves, as well as avoid crowds”, indicate the health authorities.

As for the pages, it is envisaged that they may “occasionally come over to pick up the cards, drawings or pacifiers that the children will deposit directly in mailboxes, bags or sacks “.