President Armengol has convened the meeting to discuss the Covid passport, there being an anticipation that the cabinet will approve the withdrawal of it being a requirement for entering various premises, e.g. bars, restaurants and cinemas.
Government spokesperson Iago Negueruela said earlier this week that a meeting of the social dialogue table had not been scheduled for this week.
The deadline for the Covid passport is currently February 28, but with Covid indicators improving and other regions having already taken the decision to drop the requirement, the Balearic government has come under pressure to agree an earlier date.
A question for the social dialogue table and government will be how widely this withdrawal is applied. While it is thought that there will be no issues regarding hospitality and similar, the passport (double vaccination) is also needed by employees in the health and social care sectors and for visitors to care homes. Staff who aren't double vaccinated have to have three tests per week.
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James, on point.
They said don’t compare South Africa to us as the demographic and the climate is not comparable…yet they are once again proven wrong based on the science and the data. Everything they did or tried to impose simply didn’t work and the only thing that seems to have worked is Omicron running its natural course which arguably would have been achieved about 18 months ago had they not have tried to mess with nature with all the ire now proven ineffective measures. Enough is enough so hopefully we can now all move on with a somewhat normal life. The impacts of the so-called ‘vaccines’ will come out undoubtedly in the coming years but that is another debate. For now, let us focus on the positive and let us get back to loving our lives..
Why the rest of the world start to lift all restrictions and move on. Spain lags behind with pointless mask mandates and muzzling kids. Silly rules preventing the unvaccinated travelling here and the stupid covid pass that achieved nothing.