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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1861
4 - 10 March 2021
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PLANNED PROTESTS THE Andalucian hospitality sector has planned demonstrations on Monday March 15 to demand their opening hours are extended ‘until half an hour before the curfew’ and some much‐ needed direct aid, the ‘two funda‐ mental necessities to save the sector.’ Currently, Andalucia allows the busi‐ nesses to open until 6.00pm. The pres‐ ident of the provincial association in Sevilla, Antonio Luque, pointed out other autonomous communities which open later, such as Madrid, which allows opening until 23.00; Cantabria and Extremadura, until 22.00; and Valencia, until 9.30pm. Luque said that with the warmer weather coming in the spring “it is es‐ sential that they (the government) un‐
DEMONSTRATIONS: Planned to take place on March 15.
First Teachers to be Vaccinated in Axarquia Speak out
SCHOOL TEACHERS: Are happy to have been vaccinated against the virus. THE first teachers to be vaccinated in Axarquia have spoken of their happiness at receiving the jab. The teachers at schools in Axarquia have told one publication they now feel able to keep teaching after receiving the vaccine. Jose Luis Ruiz, a primary school teacher at the Colina del Sol public school in Torrox told one publication: “It is a great joy.” “I did not feel anything, I hope I do not have adverse reactions in the next few days, they say that in any case that would be with the second dose, which is not given
for 12 weeks, by mid-May.” Raquel Gil, a 38-year-old primary school teacher at the El Morche public school, said: “For now we have been lucky and there have been no infections in our centre, but this gives us much more peace of mind to finish the course.” Teachers in Axarquia have been receiving the first dose of the Astra Zeneca vaccine at the Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquia. Manuel Alonso, a 33-year-old monitor in a nursery in Nerja, said: “Now we can work
more happily, they have been very intense months, with many hygiene measures to prevent possible infections.” Meanwhile, 39-year-old Rebeca Moreno, a teacher in Velez-Malaga, said: “We were looking forward to it, I am the first in the family to have it, I hope all my colleagues have it and that little by little we can move forward, turning the page on all this.” The jabs are currently being handed out to teachers under the age of 55 and who have no history of serious illnesses.
derstand that the public has to be on our terraces where they will be safer. “We continually see 400 complaints every weekend from the police. There is going to be much more security in our businesses than in the chaos that we are seeing in parks and in tourist apartments, etc,” he stressed. Regarding the aid the sector has re‐ ceived a year since the pandemic be‐ gan, “the government has totally abandoned us, it has not given us a single euro, and the Andalucian Gov‐ ernment has only given us €1,000 of aid. “We are the community in Spain that has received the least money and we need real, direct aid to come,” he explained.