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The situation is serious, we must act together, decisively
The Prime Minister asked the people of the country to cooperate and disciplined, travel less and moderate their programs, meetings.
He stressed that the government definitely wants to avoid introducing curfews like spring, when for months it was only possible to go out on the street for reasons such as going to work or shopping.
However, as of March the current situation is “incomparable”, since the tests in the country have increased, there is health protection equipment, hygiene awareness is greater and the use of masks is regulated, argued Pedro Sanchez.
As he said, 348 people out of every one hundred thousand are infected in the country, the goal is to reduce that number to 25.
More than 8,000 new cases have been confirmed by PCR tests in 24 hours, according to a report from the Spanish Ministry of Health this Friday, while the number of registered cases has increased by about 20,000 since Thursday. The infection has claimed 34,752 lives so far, with 655 deaths in the past week.
During the day, five of the country’s 17 provinces and two North African enclaves formally initiated with the central government to declare a state of emergency in their territory that would provide a legal basis to restrict free movement. These are Asturias, the Basque Country, Extremadura, La Rioja and Melilla.
Castilla y León, Murcia, Valencia and several cities in Andalusia also plan to introduce a night curfew.
In the Community of Madrid, which includes the capital, the two-week state of emergency expired on Saturday afternoon, which restricted entry and exit in nine cities with the worst contagion rates.
However, the region will not be left without prohibitions either: some areas will not yet be left out or freely addressed, as the number of cases will still exceed 500 per 100,000 inhabitants. In addition, gatherings such as street parties or at home from midnight to six in the morning will be prohibited throughout the province.
Catering units, on the other hand, can be open until midnight instead of the previous 11 p.m., with the 50 percent staff limit pre-ordered.
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