Very progressive, the plan of deconfinement of the’Spain, one of the countries most mourning the pandemic of coronavirus, is to spread until the end of June. It has four phases that will be implemented at different rates in each region depending on the evolution of the epidemic.
The Ministry of Health announced Friday evening that half of some 47 million Spaniards could enter the new phase of deconfinement from Monday.
However, the Madrid region, the most affected in the country with a third of the 26,299 deaths recorded in total, has been excluded, despite the regional government’s request to be able to deconfinate further.
“We felt it was not appropriate to move on to the next phase […] This is not a race “said Health Minister Salvador Illa, who will review the situation in a week.
Catalonia, 2nd most affected region
A large part of Catalonia (north-east), the second region most affected by the epidemic, including the regional capital Barcelona, will also have to wait but in this case, the regional government had not asked to move forward with deconfinement .
Parts of the region of Valencia (east), Andalusia (south) and the central regions of Castile and Leon and Castile-La Mancha will also have to wait.
On the other hand, other areas of the country such as the cities of Seville or Bilbao will pass on Monday in the new phase of deconfinement which provides for the authorization of family or friendly reunions for up to ten people and travel within the provinces.
In addition, small shops can receive customers but without prior appointment, as was the case since Monday, while the terraces of bars and restaurants can reopen with reduced capacity. The hotels may also reopen but the common areas will remain inaccessible.
Since the introduction of very strict containment on March 14, Spain has very significantly slowed the spread of the epidemic, which has already killed 26,299 people and nearly 223,000 confirmed cases, according to the latest report.
The death toll has rebounded slightly in the past 24 hours, to 229 from 214 the previous day. The daily number of deaths in the last few days has hovered around 200, far from the peak of 950 recorded in early April.
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