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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1839
1 - 7 October 2020
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NEW RESTRICTIONS EXPLAINED
NEW COVID-19 measures have been announced for the Andalucia region that see a range of new measures being made available, SHOULD they be necessary, to curb the spread of coronavirus in specific regions or towns. After a meeting on Monday, September 28 and a further consolidatory session on Tuesday, September 29, the new measures were agreed as a necessary safeguard to ensure that the community transmission of the virus is contained. Currently, only Casariche, Sevilla, is subject to the new restrictions with a range of rapid testing occurring throughout the region in 11 other areas to ensure that appropriate monitoring of the wider situation takes place and is as accurate as possible. Casariche will see the town blocked off for two weeks with only essential workers being allowed in and out of the area. The measures that will be at the disposal of the government will include limiting groups to a maximum of six in bars and restaurants, but currently there is no mention of restrictions in a private THE largest wooden pedestrian walkway in Europe, installed over the Guadalhorce riverbed, has now become the main landmark of the Senda Litoral. The structure, 270 metres long and three metres wide is located next to the Natural Park of the Guadalhorce. The Malaga Provincial Council and the town hall of Malaga City have co-financed 50 per cent of the cost, estimated at €1.6 million. On Sunday, September 27, president of the Malaga Provincial Council, Francis-
NEW MEASURES: Announced by the Junta de Andalucia will take place, if necessary. residence. Additional measures MAY also include limitation on face-to-face teaching, restriction of social mobility, further restriction of numbers at
funerals, wakes, wedding and additional time restrictions for the hospitality sector. The restrictions may see bars, restaurants and commercial premises closed at
10pm and those environments returning to a restriction of 50 per cent capacity with a maintenance of at least 1.5 metres of social distancing between customer
Engineering icon co Salado and the president of the Junta de Andalucia, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla inaugurated the pedestrian bridge which connects the Paseo Marítimo de Poniente with Guadalmar. Salado has highlighted that this walkway is unique in Spain and Europe and is going to become an “icon of engineering in Malaga” and a benchmark of the
Senda Litoral, both for its dimensions as well as its striking structure. The design of the bridge highlights the curved shapes of the main arches and its wraparound railings reminiscent of those on a ship, with inclined guardrails in order to make it nonscalable. In addition it helps to direct the flow of rainwater from the deck and protect the lower beams.
In this sense, a good mix of aesthetics and optimal structural efficiency has been achieved.
groups. Funerals and wakes would be restricted in attendance to 15 people outside and 10 if carried out indoors. Weddings would see a restriction in size to 30 attendees whether in an indoor or outdoor space. Further more, public and private markets would not be allowed to open, however sports facilities may continue to operate but only at 50 per cent capacity. They state that the primary objective is to ensure that the primary health sector is not overloaded by new infections and that the containment of the spread is carried out to the benefit of the wider community. The Junta de Andalucia has accepted that the restrictions, if implemented, would have wide reaching social and economic results and, as such, will ONLY implement if a town, city or region demonstrates 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants within the previous 14 days. At the time of print, the majority of Andalucia will NOT be required to undertake these measures however, the situation is fast changing and changes could occur regularly.