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With
Christmas Eve
just around the corner, not all the
restriction
plans
of the autonomous communities for
Christmas are yet known
.
It is expected that this Tuesday all regions will finish clarifying who will be able to dine with their loved ones.
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The modifications very directly affect the citizens' plans:
perimeter confinement and the scope of its exceptions
(especially, if travel is allowed to meet with relatives and friends);
the maximum number of diners at lunches and dinners
(and whether or not the presence of relatives is authorized);
and the time of the
curfew on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
.
This is how it is regulated right now, community by community, this
coronavirus Christmas.
Andalusia
In Andalusia they
discard for now tightening the measures related
to the number of diners in celebrations or on mobility between provinces, but the Board can now study whether to allow "close friends" to enter the region.
Board sources assure that the Ministry of Health forced them to include relatives among the 10 people who can meet at Christmas lunches and dinners in Andalusia,
reports Juanma Lamet.
Mobility between the provinces of the autonomous community, which was restricted to stop the expansion of the Covid-19 pandemic, will once again be allowed in
Andalusia
from this Friday until January 10, 2021.
For the moment, the Board has established that between December 23 and January 6, you can enter and leave
Andalusia
to visit relatives and friends.
On the other hand, on December 24, 25, 31 and January 1, a maximum of ten people may meet at a family home.
The rest of the days the limit is kept at six people.
In addition, the
curfew
, set at 11:00 p.m., on
Christmas Eve
and
New Year's Eve
is delayed until 1:30 a.m.
[Consult the Andalusian plan of measures and restrictions for Christmas]
Aragon
The Government of Aragon
has decided to maintain both the limitation of mobility between the three provinces
, which was initially going to be lifted on the 21st, as well as the perimeter confinement of the community, except for the central days of Christmas and New Years, from 23 to December 26 and from December 30 to January 2, according to Javier Ortega.
Aragon will not allow people to travel to be with relatives and on the central days of the Christmas holidays,
meetings of 10 people
will be allowed
.
To travel outside the confinement perimeter it will be necessary to carry a responsible declaration.
The night curfew has been set from 23:00 to 6:00.
[The restrictions in Aragon]
Asturias
The Government of the Principality has reduced this Monday to
only six people the meetings in the Christmas holidays,
instead of the ten initially authorized.
The decree with these restrictions maintains the limit of two family groups.
In addition,
the curfew on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve has been established at 00:30 hours
"exclusively to facilitate the return home."
It is one hour before what is established in the previous provisions.
The curfew maintains its extension until 7:00 am for the early mornings of Christmas, New Years and Kings.
The rest of the days the limits already in force will apply, which prevent circulation between 23:00 and 6:00.
The Principality will maintain the
perimeter closure of the community
, although, as announced on December 11, it will allow entry and exit to other territories to visit relatives up to the second degree (brothers, grandparents and grandchildren) and close friends, " understood this last concept as those people with whom, without having a kinship relationship, an affective bond of a couple or similar is maintained ".
[Check the restrictions in Asturias for Christmas]
Balearics
Those who arrive in the
Balearic Islands
this Christmas must present a
negative PCR
on arrival at airports and ports, a measure that has been applied since December 20.
Citizens registered in the Islands will be able to take a free PCR test at origin, an antigen test on arrival or keep quarantine for 10 days.
Tourists must pay for the test and present it upon arrival.
The fine for non-compliance amounts to 3,000 euros.
The curfew in
Mallorca
will begin at 10 p.m. until December 28, without exceptionally delaying it on
Christmas
days
, and restaurants will have to close at 6 p.m. on the weekend or the eve of a public holiday.
They can only serve customers on the terraces, with a 75% capacity, while the tables are closed indoors.
In addition, social gatherings of up to six people will be allowed indoors, and a maximum of two coexistence centers.
For their part,
Ibiza
,
Formentera
and
Menorca
will delay the curfew at 01.30 am and up to 10 people may meet in social gatherings.
[Check the Balearic restrictions for Christmas]
Canary Islands
Due to
the "high transmission of the virus"
, the Government of Ángel Víctor Torres restricts entry and exit to Tenerife from this Saturday.
On that island, the curfew is also brought forward at 10:00 p.m. (on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, at 00:30) and
the capacity for Christmas lunches and dinners is reduced to six.
It is also recommended to avoid travel between municipalities.
However, the order published this Friday includes some modifications such as the expansion from two to
three of the convivial units in the Christmas meals on
December 24 and 25 and December 31 and January 1 - with that maximum of six people -, and the freedom that
non-cohabitating people can consume on the bar terraces
- with a maximum of four people.
The closure of Tenerife itself will not actually be such
: in addition to the exceptions for justified reasons, the order establishes that tourists and now also non-resident Canaries on the island who go there to spend Christmas with their families may enter.
In the rest of the islands,
the maximum number of people may be increased to ten the number of attendees at the Christmas meals on December 24, 25 and 31 and on January 1 and 6.
Within this limitation, there will not be a minor between 0 and 6 years old, so the group can be expanded to seven in this case.
The
curfew
in the
Canary Islands
will be from 01:00 to 06:00, from December 23 until January 10, except for the night of December 24 to 25 and the night of December 31, 2020 to January 1, 2021, when it will be extended at 01:30.
In general, all people who travel to the
Canary Islands
between December 18 and January 10, except those under 6 years old, will have to
present a Covid-19 test
with a negative result carried out in the 72 hours prior to their arrival .
People who do not take the test before their arrival will have to isolate themselves and do it on the islands within 72 hours or, otherwise, remain isolated at their residence for 14 days.
The
Canary
Islands
Health Service
will assume the cost of diagnostic tests in the case of Canarian residents that are carried out in the subsidized centers.
In the rest, the cost will be assumed by the traveler, although in the concerted centers there will be "a special price".
[Check the Canary Islands restrictions for Christmas]
Cantabria
Cantabria
has opted for the 'softer' version in its plan for
Christmas
, although it warns that it could tighten its
restrictions
if the pandemic data does not improve in the region.
At
Christmas
, the
perimeter confinement
of
Cantabria
is maintained
and the curfew continues between 10:00 p.m. and 06:00 a.m., although with a truce on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve until 1:30 a.m., only to return home .
From December 23 to January 6 it is allowed to
enter
Cantabria
to
relatives
and leave those who go to another community.
The maximum number of people who can meet in public and private places is also kept at six, a figure that is extended to 10 people on
Christmas Eve
,
New Year's Eve
,
Christmas
and
New Year's Eve
.
It is recommended that these people add a maximum of two conviviality groups.
[Check the restrictions in Cantabria for Christmas]
Castilla la Mancha
Right now, the restriction of entry and exit of people from the territory of
Castilla-La Mancha
is eliminated between December 23, 2020 and January 6, 2021, only for trips to territories that are the usual place of residence of relatives or people close to those who move.
On the nights of
Christmas Eve
and
Christmas
, the time of the
curfew will
be delayed until 1:30 a.m., only to allow the return home.
Exceptionally, meetings with family members or close friends to celebrate Christmas lunches and dinners on the 24th, 25th, 31st and 1st are conditioned on not exceeding the maximum of six people, except in the case of cohabitants.
The rest of the days, the limitation remains at six.
[All restrictions in Castilla-La Mancha for Christmas]
Castile and Leon
Castilla y León will
allow meetings of ten family members on the 24th, 25th, 31st and 1st, but not of relatives.
The Board maintains the perimeter closure of the Community until next January 10, but family members will be able to travel for the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve celebrations between December 23 and 26 and January 30 and 2, according to the new measures restrictive ahead of these Christmas holidays.
The curfew is maintained until one thirty in the morning on January 24, 25, 31 and 1, except for the hospitality industry that will be forced to close bars and restaurants at ten at night and receive their last customer at nine.
In addition, the
Junta de Castilla y León
has agreed to extend until
Sunday, January 10,
including the
perimeter closure
of the autonomous community.
A measure that came into effect on October 30 and has been progressively expanded.
Outside of the indicated dates, the region will be closed to trips, although those that are duly justified may be made.
[All Castilla y León restrictions for Christmas]
Catalonia
From next Monday, December 21, and until January 11, Catalonia will restrict daily mobility to the local area except visits to family members during the Christmas holidays, and reduce meetings to six people except on public holidays (with a
maximum of 10 diners at home
) and will establish time slots in bars and restaurants so that they are open only during meal times.
Mobility within the county area is limited until January 11, although trips are allowed for family reunions or going to second homes or hotel reservations as long as it is a single bubble of coexistence.
On December 24, 25, 26 and 31, the meetings are extended to ten people.
Also on January 1 and 6.
And these days always with a maximum of two coexistence bubbles.
The Generalitat will launch an inspection plan to control capacity and limitations in the premises open to the public.
[Download the self-responsible certificate to enter and leave Catalonia and move around the community]
The Generalitat has announced that the curfew both on the night of December 24 to 25 and that of December 31 to January 1 will be from 01:00 to 06:00.
On the night of the
Three Kings
(January 5 to 6), for its part, it will start at 11:00 p.m.
[All Catalonia restrictions for Christmas]
Ceuta
The
Ceuta
hotel industry
must
close its doors at 6:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
to avoid the traditional mass celebrations that on December 24 and 31 tend to congregate thousands of people in the streets of the autonomous city center. .
In addition, the local Executive will not allow bars or outdoor stages to be installed, as in other years, nor will it allow the consumption of standing drinks with the same objective of preventing the formation of "crowds" which, in any case, as indicated At a press conference, the Security Forces already have an express order to prevent.
The Government of Ceuta plans to maintain the closure of the rest of the economic activity at 10:00 p.m. and leave
the beginning of the night curfew on the early mornings of Christmas and New Years at 1:30 a.m.
to allow those who dine outside their addresses (in groups of up to 10 people if they are not living together) can return home on time.
The Ceuta government has indicated that it will not allow "close friends" to join in the Christmas celebrations, which in the case of Ceuta are restricted to 10 ten people.
For family reunions, people who are going to travel to Algeciras (Cádiz) "must bring proof of where they are going and why they are going."
Estremadura
Backtracking on the Christmas Plan in
Extremadura
.
The Board has decided to toughen its measures given the increase in positives in recent dates (it is 267.51 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days), although it
will continue to allow up to 10 people to sit down to dinner on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
, but as long as they are from the same family and "not related", as stated by the Minister of Health, José María Vergeles, who has appeared after an emergency meeting this Sunday the Governing Council.
In this sense, Extremadura, which did not close the perimeter of the region last holiday weekend, has approved the perimeter closure of its community from January 23 to 6.
The Extraordinary Governing Council has approved a series of restrictions, which include a
decrease in the number of people at social gatherings and tables of hotel business premises
-from ten to six- while the curfew schedule returns at 12 o'clock. night, except on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, which takes half an hour more so that families who dine in other houses can return to their homes with that interval of half an hour more time.
In the original Christmas Plan it was at 01:30.
[All Extremadura restrictions for Christmas]
Galicia
Galicia
will be closed from December 23 to January 6, except for exceptions.
One of the justified reasons for being able to enter the community will be visits to relatives.
The Xunta, advised by the clinical committee, will allow from midnight on the 23rd to 23:00 on the 25th a general "exceptional" interior mobility for family visits despite the recommendation of "maximums" for a "Christmas of minimums" be to limit festive lunches and dinners to a family unit of cohabitants.
After 11 pm on the 25th there will be no mobility for family reasons in municipalities where entry and exit are restricted, which means that this "window" would be "closed".
A Coruña, Santiago, Vigo, Ferrol, Pontevedra and Lugo, the six Galician cities with perimeter closure, will remain the same.
Ourense remains the only exception, since mobility is not restricted in the third Galician city.
Meetings will be limited to a maximum of 10 people, including those under 10 years of age.
The Xunta recommends that they be from the same family unit or, at most, two.
Throughout
Christmas,
the curfew in
Galicia
will remain in effect between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. with the exception of two days:
Christmas Eve
and
New Year's Eve
when it is delayed at 1:30 a.m.
[All Galicia restrictions for Christmas]
The Rioja
From the region that Concha Andreu governs, they point out that
the evolution of the pandemic will
determine the review and tightening of the measures.
But La Rioja will continue, they point out, "the path of consensus and coordination with the autonomous communities",
informs Marisol Hernández
.
Until now,
La Rioja
has extended until January 15
the perimeter closure of the community
and will authorize displacements outside the community from December 23 to 26 - Christmas Eve and Christmas - and from January 30 to 2 - New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. to meet with family and friends on the occasion of the Christmas holidays.
But
a responsible statement will be required
, which can be requested by the Security Forces and Corps.
At the moment, the general regulations apply: meetings of up to 10 people will be allowed on December 24, 25 and 31 and January 1 and the curfew will be extended at 1:30 in the morning on
Christmas Eve
and
New Year's Eve
.
[Check La Rioja restrictions for Christmas]
Madrid's community
The Community of Madrid has announced this Friday that it reduces from 10 to 6 people all meetings during the Christmas holidays, including holidays, and for a maximum of two family groups.
In addition, from 00:00 hours on the 21st and for 14 more days, there are five basic health zones with restrictions.
In Madrid capital, Andrés Mellado (Chamberí) and Sanchinarro (Hortaleza);
and in the rest of the community Felipe II and Mayor Bartolomé Gonzáles (Móstoles) and Getafe Norte (Getafe).
For its part, La Moraleja (Alcobendas) will extend the restrictions for one more week, until December 28, although in La Elipa (Ciudad Lineal) they will end this coming Monday by reducing their cases by more than 50%.
In all these areas with mobility restrictions, exceptions will be made on December 24, 25 and 31 and January 1.
The region will be
closed on the perimeter
between December 23 and January 6.
On those dates, entry and exit will be limited to exceptional circumstances that have been maintained during other closures (there is freedom for health reasons, work, studies, to care for the elderly, dependents or minors, to return to the usual residence , carry out administrative or judicial procedures ...), but the reunification of relatives and friends from different communities will also be allowed.
The
curfew
in Madrid
remains
in force between 00:00 and 06:00, but on
Christmas Eve
and
New Year's Eve
, a hand will be raised and mobility will be allowed until 1:30 a.m.
That is, the night time limitation will remain between that time and 06:00 in the morning.
It is not forbidden, although it is discouraged, to spend the night with a relative.
[All the restrictions of the Community of Madrid for Christmas]
Melilla
From December 23, 2020 to January 6, 2021, both inclusive, the entry and exit of people from the territory of the Autonomous City of Melilla will be allowed to travel to territories that are the
place of habitual residence of relatives
of those who they move, meeting at all times the limits to the permanence of groups of people that are applicable. The relatives are left out by admitting that they do not know "how many people fit into the idea."
People who come to Melilla to spend Christmas or who return after their trip will be able to take an antigen test for free.
In this regard, he explained that those interested should call 952 699 261 from Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm and make an appointment.
In family meetings and with close people for the celebration of Christmas lunches and dinners on December 24, 25 and 31, 2020 as well as on January 1 and 6, 2021, the permanence of groups of people in spaces of use public and private, both closed and open air, is conditional on
not exceeding the maximum number of ten people,
except in the case of cohabitants.
It is recommended that these meetings be made up of members who belong to the same coexistence group and that the two groups are not exceeded.
The curfew is delayed on the nights of December 24 and 31, when the return will be allowed
until 01:30 hours
.
Murcia region
The Government of the Region of Murcia has announced at noon this Monday that it will only allow family members to travel at Christmas, but
not relatives
.
In this sense, the regional president López Miras has announced that on December 24, 25, 31 and January 1, only a maximum of
ten people from three family units
may meet at home
;
and the maximum number of diners in restaurants and bars is also limited to ten people.
The rest of the days, as until now, the limit will be maintained at six people in homes and hotels.
The Murcia Executive has also ordered that the bars and restaurants in the Region of Murcia close from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on December 24, 25 and 31, as well as January 1, in order to avoid possible infections in the field of leisure.
The establishments may open from 9:00 p.m. until the curfew, which will remain at 11:00 p.m., except for
the 24th and 31st, which is extended until 1:30 in the morning
.
In addition, the perimeter closure of the Region is ordered during Christmas, and only trips for relatives will be allowed.
In this regard, he announced that the Region will offer
antigen tests to all relatives who live abroad
and who return to the Community to spend Christmas.
Specifically, López Miras explained that one of these tests will be carried out upon arrival in the Region, by prior appointment on the telephone number '900-121212', and subsequently, a second test will be carried out on the sixth day.
[Check the restrictions for Christmas in the Region of Murcia]
Navarre
Navarra
will maintain the
perimeter closure
, but will allow the movements of people,
with accreditation,
who will meet with relatives and friends between December 23 and 26 and between December 30 and January 2.
The
curfew
, set at 11:00 p.m., will be extended on
Christmas Eve
and
New Year's Eve
at 1:30 a.m. and the
meetings
of two convivial units will have a maximum of 10 people on those two dates.
[Check the restrictions for Christmas in Navarra]
Basque Country
The Basque Country does not modify the restrictions established for Christmas for now and
will reassess the situation next Tuesday the 22nd
to decide whether they should be toughened or not, according to the experts who advise the Basque Executive on the measures to be adopted.
If things continue as they are right now, the
Basque Country will
allow entry and exit from the community between December 23 and 26 and between December 30 and January 2, but it will be the only autonomous community that requires
a receipt
in which must specify the address where you are going to stay.
[You can download the mobility receipt to leave the Basque Country from January 23 to 2]
Family reunions are limited to 10 people, and it is recommended that no more than two coexistence units enter and that their composition does not vary in the different celebrations.
As for the
curfew
, the limitation of movement of people at night will remain in force from 22:00 hours.
On December 24 and 31, the limitation of movement of people at night will be extended to 01:30 hours, only to return home.
[All Euskadi restrictions for Christmas]
Valencian Community
The perimeter closure of the Valencian Community is in force until January 15 without exceptions, it is not allowed to visit "relatives or close friends."
Only residents of the region who return home may enter.
The autonomous government headed by Ximo Puig has also opted to
reduce the number of people
in family gatherings
from 10 to six
and reduce the time of the curfew, which is set at 11:00 p.m., except on 24 and 31, which It will be at 00:00 hours, Inma Lidón informs.
The measures will take effect next Monday.
In addition, the Ministry of Equality and Inclusive Policies has established a series of measures for residences for the elderly between December 24, 2020 and January 6, 2021 related to departures and visits to residents, which vary in depending on the alert level of the environment in which they are, including not leaving the residential centers from alarm level 2.
As general measures, all centers may allow departures as long as they are free of Covid.
That is, no outbreak or suspected outbreak, or with a closed outbreak.
Likewise, for those people who do not have the opportunity to leave, contact with family members will be encouraged through telematic means with the relevant security measures.
[Check the current restrictions of the Valencian Community for Christmas]
CONSULT IN DETAIL THE RESTRICTIONS IN EACH COMMUNITY:
Madrid restrictions |
Castilla y León restrictions |
Catalonia restrictions |
Andalusia restrictions |
Galicia restrictions |
Basque Country Restrictions |
Castilla-La Mancha restrictions |
Canary Restrictions |
Murcia restrictions |
Balearic restrictions |
Extremadura restrictions |
Aragon Restrictions |
La Rioja Restrictions |
Navarra restrictions |
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