Tegucigalpa, Honduras.- In the legislative session this Wednesday night, the congressmen unanimously eliminated the mandatory use of the mask at the national level.
Agreement number 58-2020, which stipulates the mandatory use of the mask, was repealed with 84 votes in favor. Only 14 of the congressmen abstained from voting.
However, the commission ruled that it will continue to be used in health centers, hospitals, clinics, laboratories, schools with poor ventilation and closed places.
In the same way, it will stop demanding negative covid test y Vaccination card nationals and foreigners entering the country.
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“All State institutions are instructed to review and update the prevention measures against Covid-19,” cites the opinion presented to the National Congress.
In this sense, this new law will enter into force from the day of its publication in the Official Newspaper The Gazette.
reactions
A few moments after the repeal of decree 58-2020, the public reacted positively, assuring that “it was time”.
“Finally”, “We didn’t even use it anymore”, “3 years after almost no one uses it”, and “Thank God”, are some comments from Hondurans on social networks.