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The Council of Ministers of Spain approved the state of alarm throughout the country as a measure to stop the second wave of the new coronavirus.
The decree establishes a curfew for the entire Spanish territory that will be in effect between 11:00 pm and 6:00 am, although it gives power to each autonomous community “to advance or delay it one hour,” according to the newspaper ‘El País’.
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The decision will take effect from this same Sunday, October 25 and would, in principle, last 15 days. However, Pedro Sánchez, president of the Spanish Government, made it clear that his intention is for it to last six months: until May 9, 2021.
“Not one more day, not one day less (…) In Spain we live an extreme situation and measures are being taken throughout Europe to limit mobility, “said Sánchez.
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According to your plan, next Tuesday, October 27, the Council will approve its extension to go to the vote in Congress, “I ask for an overwhelming endorsement with the aim that there is the greatest certainty.”
The head of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Sánchez also clarified that, if the figures improve, the state of alarm would be lifted immediately, but that within six months “It is the period recommended by the experts to overcome the most damaging part of the disease.”
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“We can achieve this and preserve the economy, without the need to resort to extreme measures such as the quarantine that we live in the first phase of the pandemic (…) I ask citizens to limit their movements as much as possible and stay home as long as possible, “he added.
I ask citizens to limit their movements as much as possible and stay at home as long as possible
Other rules that must be met with this new state of alarm are: restriction of social gatherings to a maximum of 6 people and that the communities decide whether or not they want to restrict the entry and exit of their territories.
This is the second time in the year that Spain enters a state of alarm, the first was last March, during the first outbreaks of the pandemic.
(Read also: 24 countries in Europe are in ‘grave concern’ about the pandemic).
Until this October 25, the European country has more than a million registered cases of contagion and more than 34,000 deaths.
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