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In just one week, the part of Spain that has lagged behind in the de-escalation, autonomous regions such as Madrid, the Valencian Community, Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia and Castilla y León, which generally or only partially remain in phase 0 , they could advance to stage 1 after further analysis. Health will carry out another evaluation if they send «extended technical documentation». This is, they point out from the Ministry, a "flexible" process, which will place some of these communities in phase 1 starting on Monday 18. And La Graciosa, El Hierro and La Gomera (Canary Islands) and Formentera (Balearic Islands) in phase 2if they claim it, since the four would have served 14 days in the first stadium. This time is one of the conditions for progression in de-escalation. Stay in one phase at least two weeks before moving on to the next.

With the reevaluation it is very feasible that the provinces of Castilla-La Mancha that have not progressed this week - Toledo, Ciudad Real and Albacete - will do so since Monday. And the same is expected with Granada and Malaga , the only territories in Andalusia that were left behind. Phase 1 can also reach the entire Valencian Community, if you finally ask for the review. Its president, Ximo Puig, has rebelled against the Government after the decision to leave part of the Valencian Community out. Puig demands to know for sure the parameters that the Ministry follows. The Generalitat maintains that Health changed the criteria on Friday, when they had already submitted their report, to introduce others.

The asymmetry in the decisions even led the Andalusian Executive to maintain that "political criteria" have influenced, despite the fact that the most stinging complaints come from different colored autonomies.

This diversity does not hide the discomfort of some communities due to the special treatment given to the Basque Country, which, after a bilateral negotiation with the Executive, to support a fourth extension of the state of alarm, achieved special conditions for its de-escalation, which are not extensible to others. autonomies. There they have been able to ban the gatherings of 10 people at home and exceptions to the movement in neighboring areas. The PNV spokesman in Congress, Aitor Esteban, defended that if the three Basque provinces have passed the phase, it is "because they fulfilled all the conditions."

This regional confrontation and against the Executive diverted attention from the step taken today by half Spain, which already enjoys greater mobility and open shops. The debate was anchored in the reasons why some territories did and others did not and about the reliability of the Executive's parameters. Although the director of the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies , Fernando Simón, encouraged the dissemination of the reports made by him and his team on the situation in each autonomy, they have not transpired.

The Government does not hide its concern about a spike in contagion in this new stage and is targeting outbreaks in Germany and South Korea . The President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, was the one who gave voice to evidence: that Health has had a more conservative attitude than the autonomous regions. Although not all have behaved the same. These are the differences regarding the possibility of reaching phase 1 next Monday.

Castilla y León

Along with Catalonia, it is the only one that does not exhibit any rush. His Minister of Health will present to the Government a new proposal to incorporate more areas, which would join the 26 already authorized. But he pointed out that "this is not a race, it is not the person who reaches stage 3 before who wins that can advance without risk."

Madrid

The Community of Madrid returned today to request the Ministry to go to phase I and this Wednesday will present the technical report. According to sources from the Ministry, contracts have already begun to improve primary care and Public Health technicians, two aspects that the Ministry questioned. In addition, the diagnostic network for PCR tests is being improved , which will increase from 11,000 a day to about 15,000, said his counselor, Enrique Ruiz Escudero , reports Roberto Bécares .

Andalusia

The Andalusian Government has requested the minutes of the meeting in which the Ministry's committee of experts decided that Malaga and Granada should continue in phase 0. The Presidential adviser and spokesperson, Elías Bendodo , revealed two conversations held with the Ministry. In one they were told that they would have to continue in phase 0, because three health districts did not meet the conditions. In another, they were advancing to 1. Finally, the minister certified at a press conference that neither of the two provinces was progressing. Andalusia has already submitted the documentation to review the situation, reports Teresa López Pavón .

Valencian Community

The government's criteria have not convinced Ximo Puig. Therefore, the head of the Consell will not request a phase change until the Ministry puts a concrete proposal on the table. This was stated by sources from the Generalitat, who insist, however, that Puig's intention is to remove the whole of the Valencian Generalitat from phase 0, reports Gema Peñalosa .

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