In order to limit the risks of transmission, the measure will apply from this Thursday in the streets and terraces where the distancing is impossible to adhere to.
A novel measure in Spain. The Spanish province of Galicia will, from this Thursday, ban smoking in the streets and the terraces of coffee if it is not possible to respect a safety distance of at least two metres between the people. Objective : to try to curb the transmission of the new coronavirus.
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The port of the mask can not be ignored “in order to smoke cigarettes, or electronic cigarettes, ( … ) on the public highway or in the open air, including the terraces, if it is possible to continuously maintain a minimum distance of two metres between the people,” said Wednesday night the official bulletin of the region of the North-West of Spain.
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The Spanish Society of epidemiology has recommended the end of July the smoking ban in outside because “smokers who are infected and asymptomatic, can release droplets containing the virus and pose a risk to the rest of the population”.
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The Galicia, that 30 cases per 100 000 inhabitants compared to 97 cases per 100 000 inhabitants in the rest of Spain is not the province most affected, has taken other preventive measures, such as restricting the number of customers in the shops, the prohibition of meetings of more than ten persons or of the limitations to the nightlife. Outside of the Canary islands, the port of the mask is mandatory in all of Spain, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, with 28 579 dead.
