Spain Lifts Compulsory Face Mask Requirement on Public Transportation, Signifying the End of a Key Anti-Covid Measure.
Spain Implemented Compulsory Face Mask Rule for Public Transportation on May 4th, 2020, Covering all Modes of Transportation Including Buses, Trains, Taxis, Metro Systems, Aeroplanes, and Boats.
Spanish Government Announced an End to Face Mask Mandate on Public Transportation, Effective from the Following Day. Masks Remain Required in Health Centers, Hospitals, Pharmacies, and Care Homes for the Elderly.
The Government responded to the pandemic with one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe, lifted the requirement on wearing masks in indoor spaces such as workplaces, schools, concert halls and sports arenas, in April last year.
“Today, we’re taking an important step towards a much-desired normality as part of our shared road map on Covid-19,”
Spain’s health minister, Carolina Darias, tweeted on Wednesday.
England abandoned the obligatory use of face masks on public transport in January 2022. France followed suit four months later but recommended people carried on using them even so.
According to the latest figures from the health ministry, Spain has so far logged 13,740,531 cases of Covid and recorded 118,712 deaths from the virus.
