The Estado de Alarma which was approved today, will remain in force until May 2021, the PM intends.
The Estado de Alarma initially has a duration of 15 days after which the Government has to get an extension approved in the House of Parliament. However, the PM has decided not to wait the full 15 days before taking it to Parliament but will instead do so as early as next week.
The PM announced that those that will handle the Estado de Alarma will be the regional PMs; i.e., this measure gives them legal coverage to impose restrictive measures.
The night curfew will be from 23.00hh until 06.00h all over Spain, but the regional governments can extend or shorten the curfew by one hour either end. The Canary Islands are not affected by this curfew
Social gatherings: the maximum number of people that can gather for social occasions in the open air or interior space is six. Those living together in the same family until are not restricted to that number.
In explanation of the above, if there is a party in your house, there can only be six people all told including the hosts. This is really aimed at rave parties in flats. If there are seven of you, lets say, living under the same roof, this maximum of six persons does not concern you .
Regional governments will be able to limit the opening times and conditions of business premises, above all those in the hostelry trade, shopping centres and gyms.
Movement between regions: Each regional government will decided whether to restrict inter provincial movement over the whole region or parts of it.
Pedro Sánchez said, “there will be no general confinement but we should remain at home as much as possible; the less movement; the fewer cases of contagion.”
Regions will be categorised in four states: Low, Medium, High and Extreme, based on case per 100,000. High Level is over 150 cases per 100k and Extreme Level is 250 per 100k. The Government’s aim is to get the contagion level back down to 25 whereas at the moment it stands at over 300.
So, in essence, we will have to wait and see what the Junta de Andalucia wants to do with these new powers.
(News: Spain)