The autonomous communities close perimentally for Easter
Updated on the day: 3/30/2021. That the agreement of Interterritorial Council of the National Health System on how to act in the face of the festivity of San José and Holy Week was going to be published in the State official newsletter The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, already said it.
The publication has been carried out this Friday, March 12, and includes the measures contemplated in the agreement reached in the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, in which all the autonomous communities and cities and the Ministry of Health, of facing these dates so indicated in the traveling calendars.
WHAT MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY?
The Interterritorial Council of the National Health System has approved restrict the mobility of citizens by applying the perimeter closure of all the Autonomous Communities, except for the exceptions contemplated by the State of Alarm and that are included in article 6 of Royal Decree 926/2020, of October 25.
Namely: assistance to health centres, services and establishments; compliance with labor, professional, business, institutional or legal obligations; assistance to university, teaching and educational centers, including infant education schools; return to the place of habitual or family residence; assistance and care for the elderly, minors, dependents, people with disabilities or especially vulnerable people; travel to financial and insurance entities or refueling stations in bordering territories; required or urgent actions before public, judicial or notarial bodies; renewal of permits and official documentation, as well as other urgent administrative procedures; conducting exams or official tests that cannot be postponed; due to force majeure or a situation of necessity; and any other activity of a similar nature, duly accredited.
The perimeter fence it will not apply to the Canary Islands or the Balearic Islands. Of course, you can only enter these territories if you meet any of the exceptions just mentioned.
WILL THERE BE A CURFEW?
Night mobility is also restricted with a curfew that cannot start later than 11 p.m. or end before 6 a.m. It is a minimum agreement, which would not prevent any territory from wanting to advance the start time from being able to do so.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN I MEET?
Meetings may be a maximum of four people in closed public spaces (for example, inside a bar), of six in open public spaces (a terrace of a bar) and limited to cohabitants in private spaces.
CAN OTHER MEASURES BE RELEASED?
The agreement on coordinated actions on the occasion of the festival of San José and Holy Week recommends not lower the level of alert in which each autonomous community is located from the two weeks prior to the start of Holy Week although the indicators are favorable. In other words, the level that currently governs in each community should be the one that is maintained, unless the evolution of the indicators requires it to be increased.
WHAT ABOUT THE PROCESSIONS?
By way of recommendation, the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System has highlighted the importance of No massive events involving agglomeration or concentration are held.
In addition, it has stressed that events held in closed spaces follow the capacity regulations and other measures established in the document on coordinated response actions to control the transmission of COVID-19, according to the alert level of each autonomous community and the provisions of article 7.3 and 4 of Royal Decree 926/2020 of October 25 and the decrees of the autonomous communities.
WHEN WILL THESE MEASURES BE APPLIED?
These measures will be applied for the period between March 17 and 21 in the autonomous communities in which the 19th is a holiday (Valencian Community, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid Community, Murcia, Navarra and the Basque Country) and from March 26 to April 9 throughout the national territory, except the Balearic and Canary Islands.
**IN WHICH TERRITORIES? **
In the entire national territory although, as we have already indicated, the perimeter limitation will not affect the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.
“These mandatory agreements are minimal. Namely, if there were an autonomous community that, for reasons of its epidemiological situation, understood that it had to restrict them, obviously it could do so”, Darias indicated at a press conference.
This same point appears in the BOE, so we will go updating this article with the nuances that each Autonomous Community introduces to this agreement that "it is mandatory," as specified by Darias.
The Community of Madrid will remain closed perimeter until March 21 and between on March 26 and April 9. It will not be possible to enter or leave the region except for reasons of force majeure.
Mobility limitation at night It will start at 11:00 p.m. and will last until 6:00 a.m. You can order food at home until midnight.
Meetings of unsuitable people may not exceed the six people in public outdoor spaces (such as the terraces of establishments) nor the four in closed public spaces. In private homes, only cohabitants may meet.
VALENCIAN COMMUNITY
As of March 15 and until April 12, the perimeter confinement of the Valencian territory is maintained, the limitation of night mobility from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and shops open until 8pm.
Regarding hotels and restaurants, the terraces will have a capacity of 100% and the interiors 30% until 6:00 p.m. and with a maximum of 4 people per table.
Gyms, pavilions, swimming pools and indoor sports facilities reopen at 30% capacity and educational leisure activities resume with a capacity of 30% and groups of up to 10 people. Ceremonies can be held with a third of their capacity and a maximum of 20 people outdoors and 15 people indoors.
Regarding the limitation of groups in public and private spaces, A maximum of 4 people are allowed in public spaces and meetings in homes are limited to the same coexistence nucleus.
CASTILE AND LEON
In the case of Castilla y León, The decision to close the autonomous communities on the perimeter does not change the situation in which the region finds itself , where on January 7 its closure was declared, with the consequent prohibition of entry and exit of travelers, until the end of the state of alarm in which Spain finds itself. Namely, until May 9. So yes, it will be closed between March 26 and April 9.
Regarding the curfew, in the case of Castilla y León It will start at 10:00 p.m. and will last until 6:00 a.m.
As far as meetings are concerned, these They may be a maximum of four non-cohabiting people, both in public and private spaces. Yes indeed, You can go up to six in the event that attendees are on terraces. Of course, massive events will not be held, whatever their type, if they involve crowds or concentrations of people.
Castilla y León has been on alert level 4 since January 7 that implies "very high or extreme risk, uncontrolled and sustained community transmission that exceeds the response capacities of the health system, and that may require exceptional measures", as established in the Prevention and Control Measures Plan to deal with the crisis health caused by COVID-19, in the Community of Castilla y León.
Alert level 4 measures to deal with Covid-19 in Castilla y León
CASTILLA LA MANCHA
The community will adapt to the measures agreed in the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System. Thus, between March 26 and April 9 it will be closed perimeter and meetings in closed public spaces are limited to a maximum of four people and six in open public spaces. In private spaces, only to cohabitants.
During these days, the curfew that is usually set at 00:00 will change to 23:00, maintaining that same time for restaurant establishments, which normally close one hour before curfew.
"In the spirit of facilitating work in the field of hospitality (...) what we are going to do is the 11:00 p.m. curfew on those days also coincides with the closing of establishments. In other words, we will eliminate the need for hotels to close one hour before curfew. Workers in these sectors will have that margin granted between when they get home and when they leave work”, explained Emiliano García-Page, president of Castilla-La Mancha, at a press conference.
ESTREMADURA
In Extremadura, the perimeter closure will apply from March 17 to 21 and from March 26 to April 9. The meetings will be of 4 people in closed public spaces and six in open public spaces (except for cohabitants). In private spaces, only cohabiting people may meet. The curfew will be from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Measurements will come out in the order communicated by the Ministry of Health.
BALEARIC ISLANDS
The perimeter closure decreed by the government it will not apply to the Balearic and Canary Islands.
You can only enter the Balearic Islands if any of the the exceptions included in article 6 of Royal Decree 926/2020, of October 25, mentioned earlier in this article. Today, night mobility is limited to 10pm. to 6h in this archipelago.
The limitations to fly to the Balearic Islands from other autonomous communities will be in force at least until next May 9, Date on which the state of alarm ends. Until then, in accordance with the provisions of Decree 22/2021, travelers from autonomous communities with a 14-day incidence of more than 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants must present a PCR for SARS-CoV-2 with a negative result, or a TMA (abbreviation for transcription-mediated amplification), performed in the 72 hours prior to arrival on any of the islands.
Every 15 days the list will be reviewed to determine if the obligation of the negative PCR is eliminated based on the epidemiological situation.
In addition, Coronavirus in the Balearic Islands: curfew, restrictions in bars and other measures
The de-escalation of the third wave continues in the Balearic Islands with the opening of bars and restaurants with the possibility of using interiors on some islands, and expansion of capacity in commerce. Ibiza drops to level 3 of health alert, and Formentera and Mallorca go to level 2, in which Menorca continues. These measures will come into force on Saturday, March 13, except for those that affect the hotel industry, which begin on Monday, March 15. They will be in force for a whole month, until April 11, and will be reviewed on April 9.
CANARY ISLANDS
The Government of the Canary Islands has adopted extraordinary measures to stop the virus in the islands during Holy Week and, in addition, changes in the current alert levels. The Minister of Health, Blas Trujillo, has announced that the islands of Fuerteventura, Tenerife and Gran Canaria rise to level 3 of health alert after the worsening of its epidemiological indicators.
These measures will come into force from 00:00 on March 26 to 24:00 on April 9. The restrictions mean the curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., maximum groups of four people, except cohabitants and **perimeter closure of the islands at level 3 (currently, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria).
Level 3 health alert measures in Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria include: restriction of entry and exit of people; perimeter closure of the islands at level 3; If they travel between islands at the time of boarding, all passengers must present a responsible declaration proving the reason for the trip; It will be possible to travel between islands outside the justified causes in the norm, presenting a negative active diagnostic test (PDIA), required for travelers 6 years of age or older and carried out 72 hours before. At alert level 3, The freedom of movement of people is limited between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The permanence of people both in public and private spaces, closed or outdoors will be limited to cohabiting persons, except in hotels and restaurants and respecting the maximum number of 4 per table.
Alert level 2 measures for Lanzarote: curfew from 11pm to 6am; the permanence of groups of people is limited to a maximum of 6, except in the case of cohabitants; the number of diners per table is reduced to 6 people and the closing time is before 11:00 p.m.
Alert level 1 measures for El Hierro, La Palma and La Gomera: The freedom of movement of people at night is not restricted. The permanence of groups of people is limited to a maximum of 10 people, except in the case of cohabitants. The number of diners per table is reduced to 10 people and closing to the public before 1h. The maximum capacity on the terrace cannot exceed 100% permitted and 75% indoors.
You can only enter the islands if it is one of the the exceptions included in article 6 of Royal Decree 926/2020, of October 25.
In summary, the entry and exit of people between the islands is restricted, regardless of the level of alert they are in, Unless there is one of the reasons contemplated in section 1.4.2 of the Government Agreement of June 19, 2020 and its successive updates. It will be possible to travel between islands outside these assumptions as long as it is presented a negative diagnostic test for active infection (PDIA), which will not be considered a health benefit of the public health system.
Controls will be intensified at ports and airports in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands in order to avoid unjustified displacements.
The Canary archipelago is open to visitors, although they must present a negative PCR or antigen test (TMA, option for citizens from outside Spain) 72 hours before arrival.
ANDALUSIA
Andalusia will be closed perimeter from March 26 to April 9, like the rest of the autonomous communities except for the two archipelagos. The curfew will be at the latest from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. In the case of Andalusia it will be starting at eleven at night.
Likewise, gatherings are limited to 4 people in closed public spaces and 6 in open public spaces. In the case of private private, meetings are limited to cohabitants.
The BOJA states that in the municipalities whose health districts have been declared at level 2 or 3, bars and restaurants may remain open until 30 minutes before curfew begins (10:30 p.m.), while the restoration services will be able to carry out home deliveries until 11:30 p.m., establishing 10:30 p.m. as the cut-off time to place orders.
The Extraordinary BOJA concludes that, in view of the "evolution of health and epidemiological indicators", after notifying the Ministry of Health, The measures that are determined in each case before reaching that deadline of April 9 may be "modulated, made more flexible or suspended."
REGION OF MURCIA
In addition to the restrictions and measures applied at the national level (perimeter closure of the community and limitation of night mobility in the case of Murcia from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.), today, Two municipalities are at extreme risk: Caravaca de la Cruz and Puerto Lumbreras, where the infection rate has increased by 76% and 59%, respectively, in the last week.
Due to these increases, both towns will remain closed perimeter and they will not be able to open the interior of their bars and restaurants.
The measures that are currently in force in Navarra to deal with the pandemic are quite similar to those agreed upon in the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, except in the aspect of the meetings.
To modify this aspect, as it did coinciding with the San José bridge, the president of the Navarrese government, María Chivite, has signed the Foral Decree of the President of the Foral Community of Navarra 10/2021.
“The special measures agreed for this period, and specifically those that affect the San José festivity, do not differ substantially from those already adopted by the Foral Decree of the President 7/2021, of February 23, which establishes measures to contain the spread of infections caused by SARS-COV-2, in fact, the only difference is the regulation of the measure relative to the permanence of groups of people in public or private spaces”, can be read in the decree.
It is at that point where the groups of people in closed public spaces will be limited to a maximum of four people and six in open public spaces, unless in both cases they are cohabitants. In private spaces, meetings will be limited to cohabitants.
The curfew, meanwhile, It is maintained between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
These measures are already in force and will last until April 9, although the Government of Navarra does not rule out tightening them if the upward evolution of the pandemic continues.
The perimeter confinement of Aragon will be in force until midnight on April 9, with a curfew that will start at 11:00 p.m. and last until 6:00 a.m.
As for meetings, they may meet at most four people in closed public spaces and six in open public spaces, except in the case of cohabitants. In private spaces, only cohabitants may meet.
in Catalonia, Restrictive measures to deal with the pandemic have been extended until April 9 because “on the one hand, it makes it possible to overcome the festive period of Holy Week; and, secondly, because it coincides with the end of the validity of an order from the Ministry of Health that further limits social gatherings”, according to statements by the Secretary General of Health, Marc Ramentol, collected in a statement.
Thus, since March 26, meetings of a social nature are limited to a maximum of six people in public outdoor spaces and four people in closed public spaces. In private spaces, they have to be limited to cohabitants.
The perimeter closure of the community is still in force and the curfew begins at 10 p.m. and lasts until 6 a.m. You can consult the rest of the current measures through this link.
GALICIA
The Community of Galicia presents a promising and optimistic "COVID-19 traffic light". Despite everything (and in fact, because of it) the restrictions are not relaxed. The Galician map is divided into maximum incidence level (Bead), high level (Abegondo, Baiona, Cortegada, O Irixo, Ortigueira, Padrenda, Pazos de Borbén, A Pobra de Brollón, Rábade, Sanxenxo, O Saviñao), medium level (Vilardevós, Celanavoa, O Carballiño, Ribadavia, Xinzo, Cangas, Moaña, Gondomar, Meis, Bergondo, Boimoroto, Carral, A Coruña, Laracha, Arteixo, Betanzos and Camariñas) and low level . All these measures will be effective Starting this Friday, April 2 at 00:00.
For the whole of Galicia, regardless of the level of incidence, the hotel will only be able to open until 9:00 p.m. ; are prohibited meetings between non-cohabitants in the houses and, abroad, only gatherings of six people are allowed . The good news is that mobility between municipalities is allowed , regardless of the level at which they are found.
The differences occur in the restrictions of the hotel industry: the regions with the highest level of incidence (the case of bead ) the hotel industry is closed; at the high level, They will only be able to open their terraces, not interiors, and these must have a 50% capacity ; the middle level ** opens the interior of the hotel ** (with a capacity of 30% and without being able to use the space of the bar) and outside, the terraces at 50%; on the lower level, the capacity inside is increased to 50% (on the terrace, to 75%).
ASTURIAS
The BOPA (Official Bulletin of the Principality of Asturias) of March 15 , it is clear on its first page: "during the validity of the current state of alarm, scheduled until May 9, the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias remain with the limitation of entry and exit to its territory and the night limitation of mobility, between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. . fully in force, unless otherwise provided by virtue of a new decree".
Despite the optimistic figures for the Principality (with an incidence as of March 12 of 82.71 cases diagnosed per one hundred thousand inhabitants and an average positivity rate), "we have to bear in mind the appearance of variants of SARS-CoV-2 that , due to what is reflected in the countries with the highest circulation, have a greater transmission capacity and some of them could affect the immune budget capacity". That is why "they force us to be extremely cautious when it comes to maintain the measures to limit non-essential activities and control mobility for the holidays".
That is why, in addition to asking for "prudence, individual responsibility and avoiding or reducing social contact as much as possible", no massive events of any kind will be held. In addition, it maintains perimeter closure at regional regional level avoiding intercommunity mobility ; limitation of night mobility in a minimum section from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.; limitation to groups of six people in open public spaces and 4 in closed public spaces ( except cohabitants for meetings in private spaces).
The measures apply from last March 26 to 00.00 on April 9.
CANTABRIA
Also until April 9, the restrictions in Cantabria . As indicated by the BOC (Official Gazette of Cantabria) on March 23: the perimeter closure of the community is maintained , "the limitation of entry and exit of people in the territorial scope of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria is maintained".
The curfew between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. . In open public spaces, up to six people may gather; in indoor public spaces, only four . In spaces for private use, both inside and outside, stay is limited to cohabitants.
BASQUE COUNTRY
On March 26, the mobility restrictions in the Basque Country took a turn: the meetings of non-cohabitants both in private spaces and in homes or rural houses. Of course, the Euskadi Civil Protection Plan (LABI) has approved that those Basques who have already made previous hotel reservations will be able to travel within their Community.
In the case of the terraces of bars and restaurants (outdoor public spaces) only four people can gather; as in the interior public spaces.
The curfew for the entire Community will be 10:00 p.m. at 6:00 a.m. . Commercial or cultural activities will have to end at 9:00 p.m.
The COVID-thermometer of the Basque Country indicates that those municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants with an incidence rate equal to or greater than 400 (per 100,000 inhabitants) and for localities with less than 5,000 inhabitants that exceed the limits, there will be two closures : one municipal perimeter (but the transfer to a neighboring town for shopping or outdoor physical activity is allowed); another perimeter of Historical Territory (if they exceed 400 per 100,000 inhabitants).
As for the hotel industry, the opening hours indoors will be from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for those municipalities that have to be confined on the perimeter due to the incidence of more than 400/100,000. on terraces, can be consumed the rest of the day.
THE RIOJA
The Official Gazette of La Rioja of March 14, like the vast majority of the Autonomous Communities, confirms that the perimeter closure will not be lifted at Easter (until, at least, next April 9) . Curfew, between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
In the case of hospitality, the maximum capacity in interior public spaces will be 4 people and with a capacity of 30%; in the case of the terraces, a maximum of 6 people . Shopping centers and other large-area businesses will maintain their capacity at 40% and in retailers, 50%.