{"id":122018,"date":"2024-01-10T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/spain-makes-face-masks-mandatory-in-hospitals-as-flu-and-covid-cases-surge\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T07:00:07","slug":"spain-makes-face-masks-mandatory-in-hospitals-as-flu-and-covid-cases-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/spain-makes-face-masks-mandatory-in-hospitals-as-flu-and-covid-cases-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain makes face masks mandatory in hospitals as flu and Covid cases surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122018\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nFace masks will be mandatory in hospitals and health centres in Spain from Wednesday as the country experiences a surge in cases of flu, Covid and other respiratory illnesses. The government decision, which was made six months after the use of masks ceased to be obligatory in health facilities and pharmacies, has been met with opposition from some regional administrations. But Spain\u2019s new health minister, M\u00f3nica Garc\u00eda, overruled their objections and sought to present the move as a \u201ccommonsense measure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve talked and we\u2019ve reflected deeply on the role of masks \u2013 especially in health centres and hospitals \u2013 when it comes to protecting both patients and health professionals,\u201d she said after a meeting of regional health authorities on Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s an effective, commonsense measure and one that is backed by scientific evidence and that is well received by the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although some of Spain\u2019s 17 autonomous governments, which are usually responsible for healthcare in their respective regions, have already decreed the wearing of masks in health facilities, others are bitterly opposed. Isabel D\u00edaz Ayuso, the rightwing, populist president of the Madrid region and a vociferous and persistent critic of Spain\u2019s socialist-led coalition government, said Garc\u00eda\u2019s decision to mandate mask use from central government was unfounded and unnecessary. \u201cMaking masks obligatory now shows improvisation,\u201d she wrote on X on Tuesday. \u201cMadrid has fewer cases because it has been working against flu for a long time: strategies; recommendations; daily monitoring, vaccinations \u2026 Imposition through imposition is the resort of a weak manager.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said last month that \u201cseveral viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens are expected to continue co-circulating at variable levels during the coming months\u201d, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality. The EU body has advised people to stay home when ill and recommended the use of masks in medical facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the current high community virus transmission period, it is advised that in addition to appropriate hand and respiratory hygiene, staff, visitors and patients in both primary and secondary healthcare settings wear medical face masks \u2026 in common areas of the hospital, patient rooms and other areas where patient care is provided,\u201d it said in an update last month. According to the World Health Organization, by the end of 2023, Spain had logged almost 14m confirmed cases of Covid and recorded almost 122,000 deaths from the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/09\/spain-facemasks-mandatory-hospitals-flu-covid-cases-surge\">The Guardian<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/spain-makes-face-masks-mandatory-in-hospitals-as-flu-and-covid-cases-surge\/\">Spain makes face masks mandatory in hospitals as flu and Covid cases surge<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[9701,12870,1102,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-122018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-mask","tag-ospirtal","tag-spain","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}