Nearly one million Madrilenians are once again subject to partial confinement, due to the second wave of Covid-19 which is hitting poor neighborhoods in the south of the capital hard.

But the inhabitants met by Europe 1 consider the measure unfair and ineffective.

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Faced with the scale of the second wave of Covid-19 in Spain, 850,000 inhabitants of disadvantaged neighborhoods in the south of Madrid are again subject to mobility restrictions.

They no longer have the right to leave their neighborhood except to go to work, take their children to school or in cases of force majeure.

Parks and gardens are prohibited and bars must close at 10 p.m.

It is not a confinement as strict as in the spring, but the inhabitants concerned feel discriminated against ... Those of Vallecas, a poor neighborhood affected by the measure, are angry, as Europe 1 has seen.

"No real measure to curb the epidemic"

Momo, a cell phone seller, observes from his shop the police checkpoint installed at the border of the reconfined zone;

proof is now required to pass.

"I lived here, I work here, I am not allowed to move to another neighborhood. It's like when I was little and my mother locked me in the house: I am not free ! ", he laments at the microphone of Europe 1.

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For the moment the police do not sanction, they inform, but in 48 hours there will be fines.

Inès saw this targeted reconfinement as an injustice, a maneuver according to her by the regional authorities to hide shortcomings in the management of the crisis.

She came to say it yesterday in the street with hundreds of demonstrators.

Among the slogans, "let them confine the rich".

"We respect the rules here in Madrid as everywhere in Spain, but the problem is that the neighborhoods in the south of Madrid are clearly discriminated against", maintains the young woman.

"There is no real measure to try to curb the epidemic: we do not have enough doctors or pediatricians, and on the other hand we are confined."

1,200 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants

While there is an incidence of up to 1,200 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants in these neighborhoods, a record in Europe, many doubt the effectiveness of this re-containment, because people will continue to travel to work in the city center. .

"It's incredible! They let us go to work at the other end of Madrid, squeezed like sardines in the metro, but they prevent us from going for a walk in the park!", Indignant Adela, a cleaning lady in a hospital.

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Every morning and evening, the metro and trains are indeed crowded.

In these working-class neighborhoods, teleworking is often not possible, in addition to another problem: density.

The apartments are small.

The inhabitants go out, which favors the spread of the coronavirus.