Junta PM, Juanma Moreno announced around 20.30h this evening the long-awaited changes to the present Pandemic restrictions in Andalucia, which are in two stages.
The PM, having met with the Board of Health Experts, said that these changes were designed to give “oxygen” to the regional economy, based on the improvement to the contagion figures.
The first phase or stage runs from Saturday the 12th until Thursday the 18th and will permit residents to move between municipalities as long as they remain within their province.
Although the hostelry sector will still have to close at 18.00h, shops will be able to remain open until 21.00h during this first phase.
The night curfew remains in place, beginning at 22.00h.
In the second phase, starting from Friday 18th, lasting until the 10th of January, inter-provincial travel will be permitted within Andalucia. The curfew will be extended to 23.00h.
Bars and restaurants will then be allowed to open in the morning and in the evening, closing at 22.30h. However, they must close between 18.00h and 20.00h.
This brings us to the Christmas period, starting on the 23rd, lasting until the 6th of January. During this time people will be able to travel outside Andalucia for family events. The Junta has decided not to permit allegados (close friends) and recommend only two family units for these festive feasts. Up to ten people can gather under one roof. Furthermore the night curfew will not come into affect unto 01.30h on Christmas and New Year’s Eve, meaning that you have to be home by that time in the morning on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Furthermore, PM Moreno announced that the Sierra Nevada ski resort can open its door from Friday the 18th of this month.
Editorial comment: the reason that it is being done in two stages is because the Junta wants to see if there have been repercussions from the long, bank-holiday weekend just past.
(News: Andalucia)
Gail: Hi, I have just left a dozen or so mags today in Al Campo in the lottery-ticket office there – ask the women, she has them inside.
Two news-agent kiosks also have them; the one across from the Paseo de Las Explanadas (main roundabout where the Avenida de Salobreña meets with the Port Road) and the one on the Plaza de Las Palmeras. Several bars in that same square have them two.
You can also try the bars in Plaza de La Aurora, as well as Román woodyard.
Where can we get the Seaside Gazette?
We are new residents to Motril, I am a New Zealander and my husband is an American.
We love it here and plan to buy a house.
I have residencia , I have tie card. I own Spanish property . I pay tax in Spain . I’m English on UK passport. I am flying to UK jan4th back 22nd Jan with COVID test ,am I ok to do this?
The Mask is a secondary barrier but the most affective is social distancing to stop the spread of this highly Infectious Covid virus. People have become complacent and seem to think if they wear a mask or worse have it as a chin strap they are safe. Its Social distancing is the main barrier and because the public isn’t following this simple guideline we have the government enforce it through lockdownj and restrictions of movement. If the public followed social distancing better we wouldn’t need these lockdowns! So for me this is brilliant! Logical trying to keep control of the situation and prevent the upsurge of the virus and deaths after the holidays. Controlling popping in for a drink after work or office parties then having drunks makeing bad decisions. It’s hopefully one year that we have to do this but will save lives and stop idiot’s slapping the Heath Service Workers in the face with their irresponsible behaviour and selfish attitude. So thumbs up from me.
Andy: The restrictions that have been in place up until now: restaurants/bars open until 18.00h, max six people in a house, night curfew at 22:00h, etc, etc, will change as of 23.59h tonight for the new restrictions. I don’t understand what you are saying that there are no restrictions in Motril at the moment, sorry.
Of course you could see your friends during the day until now, even go around to their house, but you had to be home by curfew at 22.30h.
Look, this isn’t like the first time round back in March with everybody confined to their homes, when we were losing a thousand people a day, everyday.
There are no restrictions on the people we can see within our municipality now, so why should they be in place for Christmas? How does that help if you have already been mixing with these people. Makes absolutely no sense.
Smith: Officially you can’t but this might change. It will be impossible,anyway, for the police to check who is in whose house – the Junta knows this. As long nobody goes overboard (max 10 persons per house) which brings the police to the door, there should not be a problem. For obvious reasons, the Gazette is not urging you to break the rules – what readers choose to do over Christmas is entirely their own responsibility 😉
Can we go to dinner wigh friends …on christmas day?we live inside andLucia?
Andy: No, many foreign residents live with their children or have their adult children that live here too. Many foreign residents have put their children through Spanish state schools, too.
Some foreign residents and also Spaniards who have no families will be in the same boat as you, appear to be.
Later today, when the Official Regional Gazette (BOJA) is published we will have a better idea – and it wouldn’t be the first time that a BOJA has been ammended shortly after publications either.
Personally, I don’t have any family here, either, and if this Christmas I am going to spend it alone, then I can live with that. Is that too much to ask?
So by these rules, all foreigners are spending Christmas alone, even though there are actually no restriction from us seeing friends in the first place. What is this crock of shit?
Worse than useless, will be looking for flights and will not consider returning until after 10 Jan.
How to crash the economy by Juanma Moreno in his last eat best seller