Curfew, restrictions on capacity and mobility … The new state of alarm seeks to lower the accumulated incidence, but The goal is not for Christmas to be normal. And it is better to make up your mind.
Spain is once again in a delicate situation. Cases by Covid-19 are skyrocketing across the country: more than 52,000 infections in the last weekend, the worst figure since the start of the pandemic. With these figures on the table and a new state of alarm has just been decreed that, in principle, will last until May, the population accepts the new measures with an eye toward Christmas.
The streets of Spain begin to place the typical Christmas lights. In the image, the center of Cádiz / CÁDIZ CITY COUNCIL (EUROPA PRESS)
What is going to happen? Can they be celebrated? Can we be with the whole family? These are just a few questions people ask themselves. Isabel Solá, researcher at the CSIC and an expert in coronavirus, intervened this Monday in ‘The Ana Rosa program’ to solve some unknowns and warn about the danger posed by Christmas dinners.
“We will have to reinvent the Christmas parties and avoid the celebrations with many people in a house, in a closed space, “he explained in the magazine run by Ana Rosa Quintana on Telecinco.” Fortunately, there are communication systems such as video calls that allow us to maintain virtual contact. “
“It is not attractive to imagine a Christmas so different from the one we are used to, but we are in an exceptional situation and we have to live it with that feeling and avoid that Christmas is another reason for a general increase, “added Solá.
Salvador Illa on Christmas
“And Christmas?” Pedro Sánchez responds
The Government announced this Sunday the declaration of a new state of alarm throughout the national territory, with the intention of extending it for six months, until May 9. President Pedro Sanchez He assured that this state of alarm will not be as harsh as in March and will not involve home confinement. Yes OK, the new decree establishes limitations on night mobility with a curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. and leaves at Autonomous authorities the margin to be able to prohibit the entrances and exits of the regions, as well as the imposition of perimeter confinements.
Circulation throughout the territory is one of the measures that most worries the population and more so when the Christmas dates are just around the corner. “What is going to happen with Christmas,” asked a journalist in this regard, to which the president replied without giving many clues about whether the measures will be relaxed on Christmas dates.
“If the situation of the pandemic allows it, the Government will lift the state of alarm. Not one more day, not one day less.”Sánchez responded, underlining that “the state of alarm has proven to be the best instrument to contain the virus,” although it does not depend only on the Government. “The extension is in the hands of Congress, at the time it deems appropriate,” he justified.
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