Overview
- Madrid now advises masks in care homes and will extend the recommendation to all hospitals and health centers on December 15.
- Regional health officials in Madrid report an incidence of 277 cases per 100,000 residents with transmission expected to rise over the next two weeks.
- Castilla y León rejects making masks compulsory but urges their use in hospitals, care homes, and around vulnerable people, noting a strain with novel features.
- Castilla y León logs 893 acute respiratory infections per 100,000 and 173 flu-syndrome cases, with H3 predominant in detections, slight RSV increases in young children and adults over 65, and respiratory cases accounting for 11% of ER visits as hospitalizations rise in those over 75.
- Madrid continues its vaccination drive, including walk-in flu shots for adults at Hospital Enfermera Isabel Zendal since November 28.