The Basque Country will have new restrictions in municipalities with high incidence
The Department of Health of the Basque Government will make public this Tuesday new restrictions for the municipalities of Euskadi with a high incidence of covid-19 after having exceeded 150 cases per 100,000 this Sunday inhabitants in 14 days, which will be directed to “avoid crowds” of people. The Department has announced in a note that exceeding the incidence rate of 150, which places the Basque Country in a situation of “stressed transmission” of the disease “, evidences the upward trend of infections in the Basque Country and the need to stop it as soon as possible “. The Basque Country did not exceed the rate of 150 cases since last September 14. Health is preparing the “new guidelines” that will be mandatory for municipalities with a high incidence of covid and that will be explained on Tuesday by the counselor, Gotzone Sagardui, in the press appearance after the meeting of the Basque Government Council.
Department sources have explained to Efe that these measures, whose content will not be detailed until Tuesday, will be aimed at “avoiding crowds” and that they do not require the declaration of a state of health emergency. The Basque Government reiterates the need to comply with all preventive measures, Among which stands out, in addition to avoiding crowds, hand hygiene, ventilation of closed spaces, continued use of the mask and vaccination. The lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, deactivated the health emergency situation in the Basque Country, in force since August 2020, early October. On the 7th of that month, with an incidence rate of 58.8 cases in 14 days, the vast majority of restrictions were eliminated, but the regional executive reserved the possibility of adopting “the measures and regulations deemed necessary” to “continue firmly to sustain a new phase in the protection of public health.” (Eph)
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