COVID-19 prevention measures after the state of alarm ends

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1. It sets a general duty of care: everyone must take measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19. The law's measures apply throughout Spain until the Government declares the end of the health crisis.
2. It requires masks from age six on public roads, enclosed public spaces and transport, with exceptions for illness, disability or outdoor individual sports. Not wearing one is a minor offense punished with a fine of up to one hundred euros.
3. It imposes hygiene measures and a 1.5-meter safety distance in workplaces, shops, hotels, bars, schools, care homes, sports facilities and other sectors. Employers who fail to comply commit a serious offense under occupational risk prevention rules.
4. It regulates transport: operators with assigned seats must keep passengers' contact details for at least four weeks for contact tracing, and the number of seats offered on trains, buses, ships and planes can be adjusted.
5. It keeps COVID-19 as an urgently notifiable disease and requires laboratories, health centers and public authorities to provide data for epidemiological surveillance, with personal data protection safeguards.
6. It guarantees the supply of essential medicines, allows manufacturing masks and hand sanitizing gels under exceptional authorizations, and amends several laws to strengthen health coordination, extend videoconferencing for company and association bodies, and regulate vouchers for canceled trips.

Who it affects

• The general public: Must wear a mask in the situations set out and comply with the duty of care and protection.
• Businesses and activity owners: Must apply cleaning, distancing and capacity limits in their premises, and can be fined if they fail to comply.
• Workers: Must not go to work if they have symptoms, are isolating or in quarantine; the Labor Inspectorate monitors compliance.
• Transport operators: Must collect and keep passengers' contact details and adjust the seats offered.
• Laboratories and health centers: Must report COVID-19 test results daily.

Words worth knowing

Trazabilidad de contactos (contact tracing)

Identifying people who have been in contact with a COVID-19 case to warn them and stop the spread.

Declaración obligatoria urgente (urgent notifiable disease)

The duty to immediately report every detected case of the disease to health authorities.

Vigilancia epidemiológica (epidemiological surveillance)

Collecting and analyzing disease data to track how it evolves and decide on measures.

Marcado CE (CE marking)

A label showing a product meets the European Union's safety requirements.

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