The Government of the Canary Islands understands that the new regulations on the use of a mask in public spaces do not alter the exceptions approved in each autonomous community, which in the case of the islands protect whoever takes it off to sunbathe on the beach if they are in your towel and those around you are at a safe distance.
"The Canary Islands understand that the standards that it has used up to now are still covered by the new regulations" and "intensive use" is maintained in the application of the "new normal" law already in force that requires the use of the mask, even when the safety distance of 1.5 meters is maintained, said the spokesman for the regional Executive, Julio Pérez (PSOE).
However, he insisted, that general use of the mask does not cancel the exceptions set by the regional governments within their powers as health authorities in this pandemic.
In other words, the Canary Islands understand that in the case of beaches the rule by which it has been governed until now is still in force: the bather can remove the mask to enter the water, but also to sunbathe in a static place ( for example, your towel or lounger), as long as you can keep a safe distance.
"The Canarian regulations on the use of the mask is not a message of relaxation of use, people on the beach have the same obligation as until now, it is still mandatory," argued Pérez, who has once again asked citizens for responsibility in compliance with the rules against covid.
The law of urgent prevention, containment and coordination measures to face the health crisis caused by the covid was approved last Thursday by the plenary session of Congress, after the green light of the Senate, where an amendment was introduced -of the PSOE- that it established the mandatory nature of the mask even while maintaining the safety distance.
The text that reached the Senate and that was not previously modified in Congress established that people over six years of age are obliged to use the masks "on public roads, in open air spaces and in any closed space of public use or that is open to the public, as long as it is not possible to guarantee the maintenance of an interpersonal safety distance of at least 1.5 meters ".
With the amendment introduced in the Senate, the final part of the wording of the text regarding the safety distance was deleted, making the use of the mask mandatory even if that distance of 1.5 meters can be maintained.
However, the Government of the Canary Islands protects its interpretation of this law at the end of its article 6.2: "It will not be enforceable in the case of individual sport in the open air, nor in cases of force majeure or situation of necessity or when , by the very nature of the activities, the use of the mask is incompatible, in accordance with the indications of the health authorities ".
In his opinion, this mention of "the indications of the health authorities" keeps the exceptions issued by the Government of the Canary Islands in force.
And those exceptions to the mandatory use of the mask, in the regulations of the islands, are two:
1) In spaces of nature or outdoors outside population centers, as long as the influx of people allows maintaining an interpersonal safety distance of at least two meters.
2) On the beaches and swimming pools exclusively during bathing and while staying in a certain space, without moving, and provided that the respect of the interpersonal safety distance of at least two meters between all non-living users can be guaranteed.
The Canarian Executive spokesman has asked that "rigor be extreme in compliance with the measures now that the risk increases, there is more mobility, social life and family encounters" with Easter.
Likewise, Pérez has stated that "the vaccination process remains at very acceptable levels" and the figures "continue to be encouraging and only the speed of supplies darkens the prospects; if we had enough vaccines, we would achieve immunity soon."
It has also reported that the doses of Pfizer's vaccine scheduled for Monday are doubled and those of AstraZeneca are also increased next Friday
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