Will Spain implement the use of a Covid certificate to enter bars?

from the communities, Canary Islands and GaliciaAlready request a full vaccination schedule or a negative test to be able to enter hospitality establishments in municipalities or regions with a high infection rate, an alternative that has also been adopted by some European countries such as Denmark, Italy and France, and as of September, the United Kingdom. The Ministry of Health and local communities will meet again this afternoon with ظهر Differences of opinion regarding the use of the Covid certificate To get to the interior of some of the institutions and open discussion about ordering more vaccines at a time when Spain is leading the global campaign.

But while this has been a reality in the Canary Islands and Galicia, others reject it outright: this measure It was excluded by the Catalan government To avoid “harming” those who have not yet received the vaccine.

“For now, this is not a reality,” government spokeswoman Patricia Blaga said, and did not rule out that Generalitat would consider its application in the future because “issues related to the pandemic are very fluid and fluid.”

In the same way, President of Generalitat Valenciana Ximo Puig, Doesn’t see ‘on time’ or ‘correct’ That the option to request a certificate be applied until the possibility of vaccination is given to all residents.

“It should be seen from the perspective of fairness and equality between people,” Puig said, adding that it is a question that should be analyzed in a “calm and calm” way and seeing “all the strengths and weaknesses of this.” to choose “

another community Don’t think it’s MadridWhich does not plan “for the time being” to request any document in hotels or places of entertainment, but has called on the Ministry of Health to “implement one-time coordination tasks” to implement it.

In this The same line was manifested by Castilla-La ManchaIts spokeswoman, Blanca Fernandez, emphasized that this measure must be adopted within the national framework, because “if this is not the case, we will make citizens and tourists crazy.”

The Minister of Health, Carolina Daria, has already asked about the possibility of using the EU digital certificate for this purpose, and emphasized the European nature of this document and that Its goal is to facilitate movement between countries, ensuring that its user has been vaccinated, passed a disease or a negative diagnostic test

The Minister of Health states that the digital green certificate is only intended to enhance international travel.

Daria emphasized that Legal regulation is necessary To allow Galicia’s suggested use of this document, Efe health sources explain that the European digital certificate is currently only accredited to facilitate movement between countries and it is necessary to see from a legal point of view how this can be done. It gives other uses.

The new meeting of the regional team, on Wednesday afternoon, also comes at a time when Spain tops the global classification of vaccination against Covid-19, although many communities have been calling for more doses for days, and therefore it will also be moved to the Conference of Presidents.

Exactly today The New York Times He commends the vaccination strategy in Spain, recalling that although it started slowly and with problems in the provision of vaccines, at this time it becomes clear that the fact that the second doses were not postponed was successful, as more than 50% of the vaccinated population, specifically 53.3%, They have already received the full regimen and at least 65.2% have received the first dose, which is critical at this time of occurrence of the delta variant.