The end of the masks comes full of doubts in Extremadura

In Extremadura, society does not have a clear position regarding the non-mandatory nature of wearing a mask indoors starting tomorrow, Wednesday. There are hardly any protocols, guidelines or an unequivocal position in this regard, as there are aspects that need to be clarified, such as whether the person who attends in a store, restaurant or window can, should or should not wear a mask. Or what is considered agglomeration. Most are still waiting for the Government to specify its plan in a decree that would be applicable as of tomorrow and whose small print is all pending. Only a few sectors dare to position themselves in the face of this new reality, such as the Creex (Regional Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Extremadura), which celebrates this step that they see as the beginning of the end of the pandemic. «The message is positive beyond the suspicion or fear of those who prefer to continue using it. The details of the decree remain to be seen, but the desirable thing is that fewer and fewer masks are seen because that means that we are reaching normality from a social, mental health and economic point of view,” said the Secretary General of the Creex Javier Peinado. The Csif union has also spoken, whose president in Extremadura, Benito Román, said this morning that he hopes that the decree “concise and concise regulations will come out throughout Spain and that they are not subject to interpretations or the chance of what each autonomous community decides or workplace”. However, he hopes that the Administration convenes the occupational health committees and that the workers are heard, Román has pointed out.

In Badajoz shopping centers such as El Faro or Conquistadores they still do not know how the situation will change from tomorrow for their own workers, customers or employees of their stores, just like in food chains. Asked the Association of Supermarkets of Extremadura (Asupex), which includes stores such as Mercadona or Covirán, they have responded that they are waiting for superior orders, so they still do not know if the employees or customers should wear the mask when they are in their stores tomorrow. establishments.

The Junta de Extremadura does not have a clear position either. This newspaper has asked him whether or not his public employees should wear a mask or according to what criteria, as well as the citizens who must carry out some management in their offices, but they respond that they are waiting for the publication of the BOE and only then will the issue be resolved. will debate in the Governing Council, although then there will not be a specific order yet. “Subsequently, the Sectorial Committee on Safety and Health will be convened in the field of General Administration for its meeting as soon as possible in case different measures have to be updated or applied,” they say from the Ministry of the Ministry of Public Administration.

The mayor of Badajoz, Ignacio Gragera, has also been asked this morning about the decay of the norm that requires wearing masks indoors and has said that the Badajoz city council will not “compel” or “force” municipal workers. to keep it if they “don’t want it”.

Lastly, in the hospitality industry, a space where diners have been handling themselves without a mask for months, it is also not known whether the waiter should continue to wear this accessory. So far the Confederation of Tourism Entrepreneurs of Extremadura (Cetex) has not made a statement.