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The vice president of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio Aguado, warned this Sunday that the regional government will close the nightlife venues "if necessary" and has assured that "measures must be taken" to control the outbreaks. The Municipal Police of Madrid interposed only in June 9,737 fines in places of public shows and recreational activities and carried out 7,920 inspections, record figures derived from the situation of control and surveillance of the restrictions imposed by the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus .

Aguado, who has participated in the celebration of the Grandparents Day organized Messengers of Peace, recalled that Madrid was the last region to open nightclubs in the de-escalation. "I think it was a wise decision and we did not rule out if it were necessary for us to have to close it again, " said Aguado. The vice president has pointed out that there are four factors that cause the increase in infections: family gatherings, nightlife, mobility and mobility between regions.

Precisely the data provided by the Madrid Municipal Police on fines for entertainment venues means multiplying the complaints from a year ago (2,758) and the inspections (1,673) several times . In May, 2,027 inspections and 2,520 complaints were registered, compared to 9 inspections and 25 complaints in April, when almost none of these premises could be opened and the confinement of the population due to the state of alarm was mandatory.

On the other hand, the Municipal Police filed in June 5,227 fines for alcohol consumption on public roads despite the restrictions (90 on minors) compared to 3,588 in May and 477 in April, according to statistical data from the Local Corps collected by Europa Press.

The increase in these complaints is due to the arrival of good weather, as the measures of confinement were alleviated and the closure of a large part of the leisure venues and nightclubs, reaching levels higher than June last year , when 3,262 were imposed.

The Madrid vice president has also expressed his concern that the number of cases is increasing, as the Health Minister, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, said this Saturday, although he added that the situation is "under control" in Madrid . Regarding the trackers that the Community has, he has assured that they will increase as necessary. "These numbers will surely increase depending on the growth of the curve, we will have to adapt the patient care staff, depending on how the curve evolves," he said.

For Aguado, "today more than ever we must err on the side of prudence" and take measures as well as ask citizens to remain "as responsible as they have been up to now". In this sense, he recalled that the regional government is preparing a contingency plan , to be presented next week, to tackle "outbreaks" in a transversal manner and try to adapt the legal framework of the Community to the new reality of Covid-19.

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