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The decision of
the Catalan Government
not to modify the current restrictions against the coronavirus for
Christmas
has received in the last hours numerous criticisms on the part of several health experts.
Despite the fact that the Minister of the Interior,
Miquel Sàmper
, referred last Sunday, in an interview on Rac1, to the possibility of advancing the curfew on the last night of the year (set at one in the morning) or to an extension To all of Catalonia from the extraordinary confinement decreed in the regions of La
Cerdanya
and
Ripollès
, where the premises of the
restoration
and
culture sector
are closed, the Generalitat yesterday decided to maintain the measures in force from December 21 to January 11.
The Government spokesperson,
Meritxell Budó
, has defended today that Catalonia is the autonomous community with the "most restrictive" measures to prevent Covid and that the limitations that were imposed for these three weeks with Christmas celebrations are "very drastic".
In her argument, the also Minister of the
Presidency
has obviated that, in other regions, the
New Year's Eve
curfew will
begin earlier or that the maximum number of people gathered to say goodbye to the year has been limited to
six
, while in Catalonia they may be
ten
.
However, the high healthcare pressure in hospitals and the indices that show the daily evolution of the pandemic in the community have set off alarms in the health sector.
The president of the Barcelona College of Physicians,
Jaume Padrós
, has warned of "a very complicated January" if mobility is not further reduced and therefore has called for "total confinement for 15 days".
For his part, the head of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at Hospital Clínic,
Antoni Trilla
, has acknowledged this morning that he was waiting for "stronger" orders from the regional Executive in order to avoid the classic New Year's Eve festive meetings.
Pessimism
Other authorized voices have joined the dissenting line with the action of the Generalitat.
The head of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at Hospital Vall d'Hebron,
Magda Campins
, the infectologist at the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
Oriol Mitjà
, the doctor and researcher at the University of Leicester (United Kingdom)
Salvador Macip
or the doctor in Physics and researcher from the Rovira i Virgili University
Àlex Arenas
have also unambiguously demanded tougher rules to combat the pandemic and have shown their pessimism about the effects of social interaction during the holidays.
But, beyond the health sector, one of the most noteworthy reactions regarding the Government's decision has been that of former president Quim Torra, who also distanced himself yesterday, through Twitter, from the decision of the Cabinet that he commanded until three years ago months: "It tastes bad to me, but I can't share it. With the current healthcare pressure, social restriction measures are necessary. Now we can't play it."
Less than seven weeks before the scheduled date of the elections to the Parliament (February 14), that the
Department of Health
and the acting presidency of the Generalitat are in the hands of Esquerra Republicana, any hint of contradiction to the comment of the disqualified leader remains by the Supreme Court last September.
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