Within the framework of the installation of the Anato Tourist Showcase, President Iván Duque announced that municipalities with more than 70% vaccination with complete schedule They will be able to lift the mandatory use of face masks in open spaces.
“We have already set a guideline with the Ministry of Health: those municipalities whose vaccination exceeds 70% will now be able to lift the use of masks in public spaces. What does that have to be for? So that we all go out quickly to meet that goal as a country. We have little to reach that 70% as a country, we are at 65%. There are already cities that have even exceeded 70%”, highlighted the president.
We want to report that, after analysis with @MinSaludCol and the Epidemiological Committee, we decided that in the municipalities and cities of the country that have exceeded 70% of the population with a complete vaccination schedule, the measure of the use of face masks in public spaces is lifted. pic.twitter.com/epb3vSHU2E
– Ivan Duke ?? (@IvanDuque) February 23, 2022
After the decision, the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, stated that “We celebrate the president’s announcement based on the same scientific evidence as ours. It was logical and pertinent at this time of the pandemic. So with that announcement, as of March 1, which is when the current health emergency regulations expire, there will be no use of masks in open spaces for those of us who are already vaccinated and who do not have flu symptoms or respiratory symptoms.
He added that the measure will be lifted in March because it depends on The National Government modifies the health emergency decree that allows the decision to be applied. He indicated that it will be done as soon as the president issues it.
According to the District Administration, in Bogotá, the percentage of vaccinated people over 12 years old already amounts to 94 percent, Therefore, as of March 1, the relaxation of the use of masks will begin to govern once President Duque modifies the conditions of the health emergency decree.
The mask must continue to be used in closed spaces such as the mass transportation system, classrooms, offices and spaces that convene several people without adequate ventilation.
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