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People with active coronavirus infection will not be able to go to vote in the Basque and Galician elections this Sunday, as announced by the health advisers of both communities this Friday. The measure affects 259 citizens in Galicia and almost 200 in the Basque Country.

In the case of Galicia, the 259 infected are the total number of active cases registered by the community and the most affected area is that of A Mariña , where there is currently an outbreak with 182 positives.

The Galician Health Minister, Jesús Vázquez Almuiña , recalled this Friday that people who have symptoms cannot go to vote this Sunday, but that for the rest of society, electoral day offers "all guarantees". Thus, he maintains that if citizens take measures to wash their hands, use a mask and "taking advantage of the hours when there are not many people," then go to their home "is totally safe both in A Mariña and in the rest of Galicia "go to the polling stations.

The Galician person in charge of Health asked for "sentidiño" and has encouraged to go to the polls with "security". On people who cannot go to vote, he recalled that "they cannot leave the house due to a public health issue" and "they have to be confined."

Basque Country: cautious vote of the contacts

In the Basque Country, citizens identified as close contacts of positive cases and who have had a negative PCR will be able to go to the electoral college, complying with certain protection measures. The infected are less than 200 people and their contacts, about 500, according to data provided by the Minister of Health, Nekane Murga , this Friday.

The latter will receive an SMS this Saturday with instructions on how to do it if they continue "without symptoms". Specifically, they can only leave their home to go to vote, they must take the vote from home, at all times wear a surgical mask, perform "adequate" hand hygiene and keep the minimum distance of 1.5 meters, as well as attend in a low time slot.

The people who have been instructed to carry out PCR and that day were still pending the result will not be able to vote.

Burela, "hot spot" of the Lugo outbreak

The evolution of the A Mariña coronavirus outbreak in Lugo has led the Xunta de Galicia to relax the restrictions imposed at midnight on Monday throughout the region except for what they consider to be its "hot spot", the Burela city ​​council .

In Burela, their neighbors will only be able to move in their municipality for another five days. The coastal area, made up of the municipalities of Ribadeo , Xove , Cervo , Foz , Viveiro and Barreiros , has an intermediate situation and the residents of these six towns will be able to move among them "with total mobility", but not go outside .

Seven municipalities of what is known as Mariña interior , O Vicedo , Ourol , Alfoz , Mondoñedo , Lourenzá , Trabada and O Valadouro "are totally free", so that this Wednesday freedom of movement is resumed.

The manager of the Galician Health Service, Antonio Fernández-Campa , has indicated this Friday that the outbreak is "under control." According to the latest balance, there are 17 more positives than on Saturday and there are currently 182 active cases, in addition to 708 people in quarantine throughout the region. Since the outbreak began, 27 discharges have occurred.

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