- Title: Gibraltar eases mask usage outdoors after successful vaccination campaign
- Date: 28th March 2021
- Summary: LA LINEA DE LA CONCEPCION, SPAIN (MARCH 28, 2021) (REUTERS) VIEW OF GIBRALTAR FROM SPAIN GIBRALTAR (MARCH 28, 2021) (REUTERS) SIGN ON POST READING IN ENGLISH "COVID-19 You must wear a mask in this area" WITH ANOTHER SIGN IN THE BACKGROUND READING "Welcome to Gibraltar" WORKMAN REMOVING SIGN READING IN ENGLISH "COVID-19 You must wear a mask in this area" FROM POST VARIOUS OF MASKLESS PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET PEOPLE SITTING AT OUTDOOR CAFE WITHOUT MASKS PEOPLE PUTTING ON MASKS BEFORE ENTERING CAFE THEN ENTERING CAFE FAMILY WALKING ON STREET WITHOUT MASKS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET WITHOUT MASKS MAN WEARING A MASK TALKING TO VAN DRIVER VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BELONGING TO THE CARPE DIEM RUNNING CLUB GATHERED OUTSIDE WITHOUT MASKS MAN WITHOUT MASK LOOKING ON FROM BALCONY VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT MASKS ON STREET STREET SWEEPER WITHOUT MASK VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON STREET WITHOUT MASKS TWO WOMEN WEARING MASKS ON STREET VARIOUS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE NOT WEARING MASKS SQUARE LA LINEA DE LA CONCEPCION, SPAIN (MARCH 28, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VIEW OF GIBRALTAR FROM SPAIN
- Embargoed: 11th April 2021 11:17
- Keywords: Gibraltar lifts masks usage Gibraltar normalisation face masks masks no masks in Gibraltar vaccine
- Location: LA LINEA DE LA CONCEPCIO, SPAIN & GIBRALTAR
- City: LA LINEA DE LA CONCEPCIO, SPAIN & GIBRALTAR
- Country: Gibraltar
- Topics: Europe,Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001E5ZYIBR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Gibraltar lifted it's mandatory outdoor mask usage requirement on Sunday (March 28) as most of the adult population in the British territory on Spain's southern tip has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Workmen on Sunday morning removed signs demanding mandatory mask use in the streets of "The Rock."
"As a result of the vaccination programme success and our community following the rules, the number of positive cases now is extremely low," Samantha Sacramento, Gibraltar's minister for civil contingencies, said in a statement on Thursday (March 25), after no new cases were reported on Wednesday (March 24).
The wearing of masks, which have become ubiquitous around the world, is no longer required outside the city's arterial Main Street and the surroundings, although their use remains compulsory on public transport and in shops.
According to website Our World in Data, Gibraltar is one of the territories in the world with the highest level of vaccine doses being administered per 100 people, with more than 160.
Gibraltar was severely hit by the virus last year. With 94 fatalities, it had the world's highest death toll relative to its population, according to data tracking site Worldometer.
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