The Minister of Health, Ana Barceló, revealed on Tuesday that the Valencian Community was not going to ask the Ministry this week to go to phase 2, contrary to what was even said by President Ximo Puig, who had assured days before that the I pass to the new phase of all the sanitary areas. However, Puig himself admitted this Thursday that an increase in infections has been detected in those health departments that went before phase 1 .

"We are going to be prudent because we do not want to take a step back," argued the head of the Consell. In fact, the Valencian Community will be the only one that does not ask for next week to advance in the phase. And this is because, according to Puig, advancing the phase carries an implicit risk . "We have seen a slight rebound in the rate of infection in the departments that went to phase 1 before," he said.

Contrary to expectations, the Valencian Community could not jointly leave phase 0 behind , in which the main cities and their urban areas stayed until this week. The criteria of the Ministry of Health was strongly criticized by the Valencian Government, which now appeals against "prudence": "Valencia is the largest Spanish city in phase 1, so a step backwards would be catastrophic for tourism and tourism. other sectors ».

It must also be remembered that Valencia has only been in phase 1 for a few days, when the Ministry itself has clarified that there can be no phase change without remaining in it for a minimum of 14 days. Before questioning this argument, the Department of Health has preferred to put on the table the worsening of the reproduction rate of the Covid-19, which, although it remains below 1, has risen from 0.66 to 0.85. Therefore, the phase will not be advanced until June 1.

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