Council calls for caution over new flu strain, but rules out intensifying preventive measures

The spokesperson for the Council and Minister of Economy and Finance, Carlos Fernández Carriedo, on Thursday called for “caution” in the face of the new strain of the flu virus, although he indicated that, at the moment, there are no plans to intensify the measures. nor establish … the compulsory wearing of masks in health centers in Castile and León.

Fernández Carriedo highlighted, during the press conference following the Government Council, the need “to be very careful” in this situation, especially in health and social service centers, as well as in contact with particularly vulnerable people, given that the new strain presents “a certain form of novelty compared to initial predictions”, reports Ep.

However, the advisor recalled that the Commission issued a recommendation for the use of masks in certain circumstances, but he insisted it was a voluntary measure. “It is not planned in the short term to establish compulsory measures,” he indicated, even if he recommended their use “with a certain intensity” in hospitals, residences or in environments where there are people at risk, as a preventive measure.