The minister will propose the measure this afternoon at the meeting of the Interterritorial Council with the autonomous communities
Wednesday, 30.09.20
A. Casañ.- The autonomous communities will have the obligation to apply the measure when there is an incidence of 500 cases or more per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days. This is what the Ministry of Health will notify this afternoon to the regional authorities in the Interterritorial Council that takes place to contain the coronavirus and that also contemplates the reduction of capacity, the limitation of social contact between people who reside in different municipalities or the closure of playgrounds.
Minister Salvador Illa has already presented a document to the communities with his plan, which directly affects the Community of Madrid, with the prohibition of exit from the municipalities and limitations of capacity in commerce and hospitality, and that he will extend to all territories with the order to apply the measure within a maximum period of 48 hours in those populations in which the infection rates exceed 500 cases per hundred thousand inhabitants, show a positivity in PCR greater than 10%; and suffer an occupation of Covid patients in ICUs greater than 35%.
In the Valencian Community only Valencia, Alicante, Elche and Castellón they exceed 100,000 inhabitants and none of them present the conditions established in the Illa document.
Restaurants, bars and cafes until 11 pm
In bars and restaurants, tables may not be occupied by more than six people and the closing time will be at 11 pm, so that at 10 pm the establishments will no longer be able to admit new customers. These hours do not affect home delivery services.
As to academies, driving schools and private centers for non-regulated education the maximum capacity will also be 50%, the same as in indoor sports facilities, rising to 60% when they are outdoors. Group sports practice is also limited to a maximum of six people. These measures do not affect official competitions of a state level and non-professional character and international competitions that are under the organizational tutelage of the Spanish sports federations.
In the rest of the activities, services and facilities that are not contemplated in the previous situations, the maximum capacity will be 50%, unless a lower capacity is foreseen.
Reduction of capacity in places of worship
A reduction in capacity is also established in different areas, as well as new measures that are contemplated in relation to the closing hours of establishments, commercial premises and services open to the public. In places of worship the maximum capacity will be one third, guaranteeing at all times the safety distance of 1.5 meters. The measures also affect wakes – with a maximum of ten people in closed spaces or fifteen outdoors and fifteen people in the entourage for the burial or cremation of the person.
For establishments, commercial premises and services open to the public, the capacity is limited to 50% and the closing time may not exceed 10 pm. Also 50% will be the maximum capacity inside the hotel and restaurant establishments and games and bets. In addition, the consumption in bars will not be allowed. The capacity limit rises to 60% in the outdoor spaces of the aforementioned establishments.
Municipalities with more than one hundred thousand inhabitants
Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Malaga, Murcia, Palma, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Bilbao, Alicante, Cordoba, Valladolid, Vigo, Gijón, Asturias, Barcelona, Vitoria, La Coruña, Elche, Granada, Tarrasa, Badalona , Oviedo, Cartagena, Sabadell, Jerez de la Frontera, Móstoles, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Pamplona, Almería, Alcalá de Henares, Fuenlabrada, Leganés, San Sebastián, Getafe, Burgos, Albacete, Santander, Castellón de la Plana, Alcorcón, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Logroño, Badajoz, Salamanca, Huelva, Marbella, Lleida, Tarragona, Dos Hermanas, Torrejón de Ardoz, Parla, Mataró, León, Algeciras, Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Alcobendas, Cádiz, Jaén, Orense, Reus, Telde , Gerona and Baracaldo.
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