The alert situation, the lowest level of response to disaster situations in the Civil Protection Basic Law, was due to end on the 18th.

“The resolution was approved extending the declaration of the alert situation, within the scope of the Covid-19 disease pandemic, until 23:59 on April 22, 2022”, says the statement.

According to the Government, the resolution “keeps the measures currently in force unchanged”.

Among the measures in force is the mandatory use of a mask in public indoor spaces, health services and transport.

For those who do not have the booster dose of the vaccine against Covid-19, a negative test remains mandatory in visits to homes and health establishments, taking into account that they are groups of with a special level of vulnerability.