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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1866
8 - 14 April 2021
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NEARING THE END
PEDRO SANCHEZ said that the State of Alarm in Spain will end on May 9 and that 33 million people will be vaccinated by August in a move which could be good news for tourism. Speaking in Madrid Spain’s president said the government does not intend to extend the State of Alarm beyond May 9. He said: “The objective is that it is not necessary to extend the State of Alarm. We want May 9 to be the end point of the State of Alarm.” He added that in the week of May 3 he expected to see five million people living in Spain completely vaccinated, and 10 million in the first week of June. Pedro Sanchez said: “In total we have contracted more
PRESIDENT: Is still calling for people to be careful.
Four forest fires
FIREFIGHTERS in the region tack‐ led four forest blazes in a week across Axarquia. Teams from the Provincial Fire Consortium and the Infoca Plan of the Junta de Andalucia worked from mid‐afternoon until 11pm on Tuesday, April 6, to control a fire in an agricultural area of El Morche, in Torrox. At around 10pm Infoca con‐ firmed the fire had been brought under control and firefighters withdrew from the scene just af‐ ter 11pm. Sources from the Provincial Fire Consortium indicated that it was an agricultural bonfire of scrub and reeds in the area of the stream El Manzano that had got out of control. Two teams of forest firefight‐ ers, two teams from the Provin‐ cial Consortium, an environmen‐
BLAZE: A bonfire had got out of control.
tal officer and an Infoca fire en‐ gine were involved in tackling the flames, it was confirmed on Twit‐ ter. The exact size of the affected area has not been confirmed but there was no evidence of any sig‐ nificant personal or material damage to nearby greenhouses.
On Saturday April 3, Infoca despatched two teams of for‐ est firefighters, two environ‐ mental officers and a heavy fire fighting vehicle to a forest blaze in Sayalonga. The previous day five people were rescued by sea after be‐ coming trapped by a fire in Nerja.
And on Thursday April 1 there was a fire in the area of Maro cliffs after a neighbour admitted they had been burning pruning debris on their land when the flames spread. Four hectares of land was de‐ stroyed, according to the Andalu‐ cian Forest Fire Extinction Service.
than 87 million doses between April and September. This will allow us to ensure that all citizens can be vaccinated in that period.” The current State of Alarm was put in place last year for a period of six months, until May 9. The decree establishes restrictions for the movement of people that the autonomous communities have been applying. Among these limitations have been the curfew to limit mobility at night and the perimeter closures of autonomous communities, provinces or municipalities, as well as confinements of certain areas. Unlike the State of Alarm of the first wave of the pandemic a year ago, the current
decree grants more decisionmaking power to the autonomous communities through the Interterritorial Health Council, where decisions are agreed between the government and the Health councillors of the different regions in what the central government has called “cogovernance.” On May 9 the Interterritorial Health Council will have full powers to establish possible measures against the virus without having to abide by the State of Alarm decree. Sanchez said that despite the planned end to the State of Alarm he was still calling on people to be careful. The news could see tourism increased to Spain as the government administers more vaccines.