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The Carolina Darias ministry presents this afternoon to the autonomies

a document that will regulate public attendance at sporting events between August 13, 2021 and September 5, 2021

.

It is a proposal from the Ministry of Health on mass sporting events of the Professional Football League and the ACB League.

In said document, to which EL MUNDO has had access and which is part of the agenda of the Interterritorial Council held this afternoon,

an agreement of minimum standards common to the entire national territory is contemplated

: a series of specific measures for sports competitions of the National Professional Soccer League, and the League of the Association of Basketball Clubs (ACB), as well as other sports competitions.

The document, at the moment

a draft that the autonomies will submit to debate

, contemplates a

strict regulation of the gauges

.

"A maximum capacity of a percentage [not yet determined] is proposed for events in open venues and a capacity of [also unspecified] for events in closed venues, guaranteeing an interpersonal distance of 1.5 meters", states the protocol.

In addition to the capacity, "it (may) be considered that the maximum number of attendees will be X [undetermined] for open venues and another [undetermined] in closed venues.

Those attending the events will be exclusively paid persons

. will perform without an audience. "

Regardless of the events,

the mask will be mandatory

: "In particular, reminders will be made of the mandatory use of a mask during the stay at the event (including the toilets area), as well as at the time of entry and exit. ".

The truth is that at the maximum alert level in which all the communities are, according to the document of Coordinated Response Actions for the control of the transmission of COVID-19 that was approved in June.

Currently, the cumulative average incidence in Spain is 653.81, the ICU hospital pressure is at 20% and the positivity triples to the minimum considered to keep the virus at bay, 15.34%.

In the month of May and June, regulated entry to the stadiums was allowed at the end of the Professional Soccer League in those communities in which the transmission was at lower levels and close to those considered 'new normal', called Phase 1 And to this, it is added that the level of infections found in music festivals with high security measures, held as clinical trials, have shown that those attending these festivals had more possibilities of contagion than those who were not.

In addition, at that time an extraordinary Council of Ministers

gave the green light to a royal decree with which article 15.2

of the law of urgent prevention, containment and coordination measures to face the pandemic approved in March

was suppressed

.

This step was taken to return control over the League and ACB capacity to the communities that, as a result of the pandemic, had been delegated to the Higher Sports Council.

Reactions of the Autonomous Communities

From the Community of Madrid it is stated that "you

only have to mark the maximum allowed capacity

(60% outside and 50% inside) and not the maximum number of attendees as proposed by the Ministry because each stadium has different characteristics".

Also, they express being against in terms of the sectoral organization of the event.

From the Madrid region they

do not agree on "specifying a maximum number of attendees per sector

(as in the previous section, it will always depend on the size and characteristics of the stadium: it is not the same to have a capacity of 70,000 than 15,000 attendees)".

And they highlight that "

the important thing for holding these events is strict compliance with prevention measures, in open spaces

, the proper use of the mask and the safety distance between people who are not part of the same coexistence group."

The Director General of Health of the Foral Community of

Navarra

, Carlos Artundo, has today shown the commitment of the Government of Navarra for

a 33% capacity in the return of the public to Sadar

and has ensured that this is a decision shared with the Athletic Club Osasuna.

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