Almost three years after Covid-19 in Mexican lands, the Government of Mexico published this Monday, October 10, the update of the guidelines to prevent the spread of the disease. Among them, The mandatory use of face masks in closed spaces is ruled out.
According to the document, Mexicans will be able to be without a mask in places where there is healthy distance —separation of 1.5 meters between one person and another—. In those spaces that are too small, it will have to continue to be used.
This is good news for hundreds of establishments that continued to be governed by the rules of the Ministry of Health. Among them, restaurants, Offices, commercial premises, pubs either event rooms.
The gyms They will also be able to stop asking their users to use face masks, since the authorities consider that those places where people carry out “intense physical work“, you can also skip it.
With the updating of sanitary measures for the prevention of contagion, it seems that the end of the mask is over. However, there are those who must continue to use it on a mandatory basis:
- not vaccinated
- People with immunosuppressive conditions
- Those who work in places without ventilation
- Those who travel on the subway at busy times or in spaces with high exposure to the virus, such as hospitals or health centers
Finally, The document from the Ministry of Health also says goodbye to sanitary filters and sanitizing mats in establishments of any kind. In this sense, the person responsible for the place was recommended to implement measures according to their considerations and the type of space.
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