The scientific committee that advises the Xunta de Galicia has communicated the perimeter closure of the city of A Coruña and Arteixo by the evolution of the crisis of the Covid 19. It will not be possible to enter or leave these municipalities, except for justified reasons. A Coruña and Arteixo understand each other together, which will allow internal mobility between the two.
The closure has become effective At three in the afternoon and entails restrictions on meetings, which may only be for cohabitants. Half an hour before, retentions have been registered in Alfonso Molina heading out of the city. There have also been police checks.
The measures will be reviewed next Tuesday. All travel that involves a return to the place of residence, going to work, receiving medical assistance and carrying out academic activities is authorized. “In the municipalities of A Coruña, Arteixo, Pontevedra, Poio, Marín, Vigo and Lugo, we make this limitation of entrances and exits, and with level two that has all Galicia, we add that limitation of the meetings only of cohabitants”, has indicated the counselor of Health, Julio Garci’a Comesaña.
The mayor of A Coruña, Ines Rey, has appealed to the tranquility. The measures, he says, are designed to prevent contagion. He is concerned about the cumulative incidence of positives and the increase in hospital pressure. Consider that the measure is necessary: “I appeal to the tranquility of the population, since they are restrictive measures that are designed to prevent contagion, to protect us from each other and that will be reviewed next Tuesday in the review of the clinical committee, where we all hope that the things keep getting better. “
He points out that communication with the Xunta is being very fluid. Tonight he received a call from the conselleiro de sanidade and the manager of the sanitary area. The local police have begun to organize the operation to prevent entry and exit except in justified cases.
Measures
The capacity is generally reduced to 50%. Bar consumption is prohibited in bars and cafes, and a maximum is set again in the number of attendees at weddings or wakes. According to the expert committee, family and friends gatherings are the circles where the bulk of infections are occurring. The clinical committee intends to create “bubble environments“in order to curb infections. The objective of these measures is to preserve less populated areas and rural environments from the increase in the virus.
Oleiros, Culleredo and Cambre they are also in Red alert even if are not affected by any closure. Sada and Oza they stay level Orange.
The delegate of the Government in Galicia, Javier Losada, indicates that a total coordination with the Xunta is taking place. He explains that the police and the civil guard are prepared to initiate the closings after three o’clock. Tell Feijóo that the measures that the Xunta has adopted today are possible because they are covered by the State of alarm declared by the Government.
“We will do it with the least harm to citizens, to whom I ask for their support and understanding. I take this opportunity to ask for distance and fulfillment of orders and avoid meetings: individual and collective responsibility to avoid amplifying the pandemic,” he said.
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