Important news for the Regional hospitality after the last regional COVID committee during the morning of this Monday: The bars and restaurants of 29 of the 45 municipalities will be able to open their terraces this Wednesday thanks to the improvement in the number of coronavirus infections and the accumulated incidence rate of the last week.
And it is that 19 municipalities are added to the list compared to that of 10 last week and in the establishments of Cartagena, Pliego, Beniel, Santomera, Lorquí and Abarán, which from Saturday receive customers at 75% capacity, will pass to open 100%, as they already do in Águilas, Ulea and Ojós.
They will be able to open their exteriors in the following municipalities. This is the update to the list, following today’s announcement:
- Murcia
- Lorca
- Ceutí
- Calasparra
- From
- The Union
- Abanilla
- Cieza
- Ricote
- Albudeite
- Mazarrón
- Alguazas
- The Cotillas Towers
- San Pedro del Pinatar
- Bullas
- Fortuna
- Villanueva del Río de Segura
- Librilla
- Campos del Río.
- Cartagena
- Eagles
- Molina de Segura
- Santomera
- Lorquí
- Abarán
- Ulea
- Eyes
- Sheet
- Beniel
The Covid-19 Monitoring Committee will evaluate the situation of the municipalities every Monday. The accumulated incidence rate in 14 days and the transmission level in each locality will be reviewed. Right now the scale is that the hoteliers of the municipalities that have an accumulated incidence below 500 and a lower level of transmission will be able to open.
The territories where catering establishments will still not be able to lift the blind due to their high incidence rate are:
- Sewer
- Yecla
- Jumilla
- Moratalla
- Caravaca de la Cruz
- Cehegin
- Alhama de Murcia
- Aledo
- Totana
- Alamo Fountain
- Pacheco Tower
- San Javier
- Blanca
- Archena
- Puerto Lumbreras
- Los Alcazares.
This was confirmed this Monday by the technical spokesperson for the covid-19 monitoring commission, Jaime Pérez, at the press conference after the meeting, in which he highlighted that the effort that society is making to contain the The pandemic “is giving results” and demonstrates the effectiveness of the measures put in place.
Thus, in just one week, the cumulative incidence rate has gone from 311 to 166 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 7 days, a reduction of infections by almost half.
The risk of health collapse has also decreased in the last week, and this Monday it has dropped below the barrier of 500 hospitalized (473), while there are 103 people in intensive care.
However, these figures remain high and the region continues in a “phase 2” of risk.
Faced with the opening of terraces in a good number of municipalities, Jaime Pérez has insisted on the need clients to keep the mask on as long as possible, removing it only to eat and drink.
He has also reminded businesses of the importance of not closing the terraces to avoid the cold, because if these spaces are not ventilated, the risk of infection increases.
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