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The mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, has announced that the municipal government team is going to meet urgently to study and analyze, in view of the increase in infections due to COVID 19 in the municipality, the situation in Cartagena to adopt the appropriate measures .

All this taking into account the decree of state of alarm published this Sunday by the government of Spain and the restriction guidelines that the government of the Autonomous Community has already released and plans to publish this Monday, October 26.According to Castejón, "one of the issues to be analyzed will be the police reinforcement at night, reinforcement that began before the state of alarm on weekends, and other measures that are on the table and we will deal with in that urgent meeting."To help the hospitality sector, the one that will suffer the most from the consequences of the restrictions, the mayor recalled the benefits in the tax ordinances that will be brought to the plenary session, while making an appeal to the public, “so that adapt to the new schedules, like the hoteliers, and do not stop going to bars and restaurants ”.News in restrictions at the regional levelThe Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia plans to publish a new battery of measures to complement the State of Alarm decreed this Sunday, October 25 by the government of Spain, given the increase in cases of COVID 19 that are occurring in the region in The last weeks.Thus, to the restriction of the free movement of people at night, between 11:00 p.m.

and 6:00 a.m., with a series of exceptions (attendance at health, work or educational centers, return to habitual residence, care of elders or dependents, refueling at gas stations or force majeure), the prohibition of eating and drinking in public spaces is added if the safety distance cannot be maintained, and visits to student residences of people outside the themselves, limiting the occupation of common areas to a third of their capacity.Visits by family members to residences for the elderly are also restricted, where income, readmissions or transfers are suspended, except in cases of social emergency.The social centers will remain closed and, as regards day centers for people with disabilities, face-to-face activity will be reduced to groups of 2 or 3 people.

The child development and early care centers do maintain their face-to-face activity.The capacity in celebrations and establishments will also be affected by the new measures, with a maximum of 30 guests at weddings, and a maximum occupancy of 30 percent inside bars and restaurants, while on the terraces of said premises, will be the authorized total.

In shops the capacity is reduced from 75 to 50 percent.The use of the mask will be mandatory at all times in the hospitality premises, being able to be removed only to take food or beverages.The markets may be installed with 75 percent of the authorized positions, and the academies and training centers will try to carry out their activities electronically, with a maximum occupancy in their facilities of 50 percent of the capacity and 30 people per group.In hotels and other tourist accommodation, the common areas may be occupied up to a third of their capacity and only by clients staying in them.

Libraries, museums and cultural facilities will have a maximum occupancy of 50 percent of their capacity, as will theaters, cinemas and auditoriums.Sports practices will be another of the epicenters of the restrictions, since activities in municipal sports schools and extracurricular activities are suspended, as well as non-professional events.

In the field of federated sports, regional competitions are suspended, limiting the activity to training.In covered swimming pools for public use, the permitted occupation will be one third of their usual capacity.

Individual sports practice outdoors is allowed.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena