Santo Domingo, DR. – The outbreak of winter viruses began to cause concern in Spain to the point that the government and the Autonomous Communities are discussing whether to now make it mandatory to use masks in public and closed places.
On Wednesday, a decree from the Ministry of Health should have come into effect indicating the mandatory use of masks in closed public places, verifying that the increase in flu cases and their confluence with COVID-19 and other respiratory infections is overloading emergency health services. . However, when the day arrived and observed a decrease in infection statistics, Health decided to go from mandatory to a recommendation so that the Autonomous Communities (CCAA) are the ones to decide what measures to take. The measure is applied compulsorily when entering hospitals and health sites.
The situation occurs days before the start of the 44th edition of the International Tourism Fair FITUR 2024, a large business forum for the global travel and tourism industry that will bring together more than 9,000 companies, some 150 thousand professionals in the travel industry. and tourism from some 145 countries that have confirmed their participation in an event that will occupy 140 thousand square meters at the Ifema Madrid fairgrounds.
However, it will be the behavior of the outbreak that forces the CCAA to make it even more flexible or take greater control measures such as making masks mandatory in public and closed places.
Madrid will not require masks mandatory
Regarding the outbreak of winter viruses and whether or not the use of masks is mandatory, Fátima Matute, Madrid councilor, said this Wednesday that the city government's job is to inform the population and take care of them and not alarm them, alleging that the current epidemic flu is at the same numbers as when there was one before the COVID pandemic.
“From the Community of Madrid we are going to continue monitoring what is happening day by day to make the decisions we have to make based on the incidence and other technical parameters advised by our General Directorate of Public Health, as the Ministry of Public Health should do. Health,” the Madrid counselor said critically.
There are still two weeks left for the Fitur 2024 event in Madrid, so what happens regarding the mandatory use or not of masks will depend on the evolution of the flu outbreak, Covid and other winter viruses that attack Spain, as they also attack Dominican Republic and other countries.
Dominican Republic will seek to shine again at Fitur 2024
This Tuesday, the Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic announced that this year the country will take advantage of the international showcase of Fitur to promote Miches, a destination that is “Heading towards a reality” and that they will also project Punta Bergantín and Pedernales, to continue positioning the Caribbean nation as “the best destination in the region and continue to be a benchmark for tourism in the world.”
It is already anticipated that the Dominican Republic will have a participation in Pavilion 3 stand 3C01 through an immersive action in which attendees will be able to open a window to places where you can be anything you want, considered “wonderful” by the same tourists who visit. the country.
The 44th edition of Fitur with Ecuador as a partner country and the confirmation of some 130 countries will be from the 24th to the 28th at the Ifema Madrid exhibition center for five days, welcoming in the same space both professionals from the tourism sector and those interested in the latest trends in the sector, as well as the general public interested in knowing the destinations offered that can visit the fair during the weekend.