The ‘conseller’ of Health of the Generalitat, Joseph Maria Argimonstated this Friday that they plan to eliminate the quarantines by close contact of covid-19 in students without symptoms from February 21st.
He said this in an interview on TV-3 together with the Secretary of Public Health, Carmen Cabezas, in which he explained that the Report on Alerts and Preparedness and Response Plans is expected to issue a report on the matter next week.
“Everything points, it seems, that it goes in the direction of our proposal”, said Argimon, adding that it would be preferable that this new protocol will apply from the same Monday 21.
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In this way, from that date groups will no longer be confined when five covid positives or 20% of the class appear, after this week they have already been withdrawn school screenings and that the mask has ceased to be mandatory in the patios since this past Thursday.
As for indoor masks, the ‘conseller’ has indicated that “the first place where they will decline is in schools” and that it will be done progressively, starting with the youngest and rising in age, to see how the infections, and before passing to adults.