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The Community of Madrid has valued the possibility of

advancing the beginning of the curfew

in the region decreed to

11 p.m.

to try to contain the expansion of the coronavirus.

Finally, that option has been ruled out, so the prohibition of night travel will continue to be concentrated between midnight and six in the morning.

And this despite the fact that of the

40 outbreaks of infections linked to the hospitality industry

that have been identified, 20 have occurred in the last 10 days.

At the moment, these sources of propagation that remain "active" have left 130 positives and more than 300 close contacts in follow-up.

In the Ministry of Health they argue that they have chosen to apply "more selective measures": that is,

inspection and precautionary closure,

where appropriate, of the establishments in which the infections have occurred.

"What we have to do is

insist and deepen that responsibility

that not only belongs to citizens, but also when one carries out their activity," explained this Friday the Minister of Health, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, who announced that in the coming days he will maintain a meeting with representatives of the sector to influence the regulations currently in force.

Throughout the Community of Madrid, the capacity of the outdoor terraces is limited to 75% and to half in the interior of bars and restaurants.

In addition,

bar service is prohibited

, chairs and tables must be at least one and a half meters apart and it is only possible to receive customers until 11 pm, although the establishments can remain open for another 60 minutes.

The general director of Public Health, Elena Andradas, explained this Friday that the result of the inspections that are being carried out to ensure that these measures are being complied with is that approximately a third of the irregularities correspond to premises with a

greater number of people in the allowed

and 25% to hygiene, cleaning and disinfection problems.

This control work, as specified, is fundamentally "educational" and in 65% of cases there is an "immediate correction" of the offense, but he pointed out that another 20% leads to a penalty proposal that has to be processed by the administrative route.

Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha are the only two communities that adhere to the minimum curfew schedule set by the central government with the declaration of the state of alarm.

The rest have been

brought forward until 11pm or 10pm

and some, like Andalusia, even have hospitality party shifts to avoid after-

hours

.

More confinements

The Christmas holidays have underpinned the upward trend of infections by Covid-19 in the Community of Madrid and this will have a direct consequence in terms of mobility:

1,200,000 citizens, 18.3% of the population

, will dawn this Monday in neighborhoods or municipalities confined perimeter for at least 14 days to try to contain the spread of the virus.

For practical purposes, this measure implies that residents in these areas will be able to move freely within them -

except

during the night curfew in force for the entire region - but they will be

prohibited from leaving and no one from outside may enter either

except for reasons justified, such as going to work or taking care of dependents.

As a general rule, an exception is made for shopping centers and large stores located on streets with restrictions to allow access.

The selective confinements are now being extended to another 23 basic health zones, in addition to the 18 that were already closed and will continue like this for at least another two weeks, and to nine more municipalities, when until now the restrictions affected only five.

In all of them a cumulative incidence of

400 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

has been exceeded

, the threshold from which the Ministry of Health applies limitations to mobility that it defines as "surgical".

Upward trend

In the Community of Madrid they trust the control of this sort of third wave of the pandemic - although they still do not label it as such - to the perimeter closures, since it is the only measure that has been adopted in the face of an increase in infections that also recognize that it will continue

to rise "in the coming weeks

.

"

However, neighborhoods such as Sanchinarro, in the capital, and La Moraleja, in Alcobendas, have been under these limitations since November without having been able to bend the curve.

As the Minister of Health reiterated this Friday, for these restrictions to be really effective from the point of view of the transmission of the disease "it is essential that mobility is controlled and for that the collaboration of the Government Delegation is necessary" through the National Police and the Civil Guard, which, in his opinion, "is not collaborating as it should."

In addition, although it is a measure that was implemented almost four months ago, now it is going to begin to

"mark and perimeter" the basic health areas affected

by restrictions that sometimes even their own residents are unaware of.

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