Madrid (EFE) where they will continue to be imperative.
This was confirmed by the Minister of Health, Jose Miñones, in an interview on Onda Cero in which he recalled that the new rule will advise the “necessary self-protection” in the event of symptoms of covid-19 or other respiratory infections.
The Government will thus end the obligation of what has been the icon of the pandemic in the few spaces in which its mandatory use has been maintained; As was the case before, the face mask will have to be worn in specific areas where there are especially vulnerable patients, such as ICUs or cancer units, among others.
Right to be forgotten oncology
Apart from masks, the minister celebrated the approval this Tuesday of the royal decree that recognizes the right to cancer and that the electoral advance had put in danger, since the Senate was expected to give it the green light just one week after the call for elections.
The political debate in this chamber was not possible due to the dissolution of the Cortes, and although the minister expected that no political group would reject the amendment that consolidated this right, “the truth is that now we can no longer take anything for granted” and therefore That is why the Executive has sought “in extremis” new ways.
“We can no longer be sure that the already consolidated rights will not be in danger again and, therefore, that it would not have that recognition either. The reality is that we did not want to leave that risk on the table ”, he lamented.
The royal decree-law modifies the consolidated text of the General Law for the Defense of Consumers and Users, other complementary laws of 2015, and the Insurance Contract Law of 1980 in order to comply with the resolution of the European Parliament of February 2022 on “strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer towards a global and coordinated strategy”.
With the new law, which, according to what he has said, will come into force this week, “there will no longer be discrimination” for cancer survivors who have finished their treatment in the last 5 years without relapse, so that they will be able to access a loan or a service or request insurance associated with a mortgage without having to declare your illness and on equal terms with other citizens.