The country faced an increase with just over 2,900 new cases reported on Thursday. National measures are in acquit the needs of Galicia and the Canary Islands related to smoking in public spaces.
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The Spanish Society of Epidemiologists has regulations on the fear that smoking could help spread the virus, Euronews reported.
“It also follows that smoking in the spaces puts smokers and non-smokers at risk of inflamed with COVID-19,” says a summary of the report.
In late July, the organization banned smoking in personal vehicles, public transport stops, college camps and outdoor spaces.
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Alberto Fernández Villar, head of the Pneumology branch of the Hospital de Vigo and a member of the Clinical Committee of the Xunta de Galicia, said: “We know that smokers with Covid-19 have a higher viral load and are potentially greater propagation agents.”
However, some experts doubt that smoking has an effect on the spread of the virus. Very few smokers have been hospitalized through COVID-19, Mail reports.
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“There is still not enough falsified clinical data to show that in open spaces, tobacco smoke can transmit diseases,” said Fernando Garcia, epidemiologist at the Carlos III Institute of Health. “Taking such an excessive measure when there’s not enough evidence, I think it’s a little disproportionate.”