Travel to the Canary Islands, where Britons can now go on holiday without going into quarantine on their return to the UK, has NOT been affected. The new order will remain in force until next May. Social gatherings and travel between autonomous communities will also be restricted.
Regional leaders will have the power to alter the local curfews an hour either way but will not have the power to lift them and set their own travel restrictions.
The new national state of emergency or alarm was approved by the Cabinet this morning and the Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is currently holding a press conference to explain all the details.
The curfew is being put in place to cut down on night-time socialising.
The decree will not see the closure of Spain’s borders, as was the case during the first wave of the pandemic. There are also exceptions on travel, with the Canary Islands – the Spanish region that currently has the best coronavirus data – exempted from the restrictions on travel between regions in a bid to aid the tourism sector. The curfew will also not apply.
Communities are also given the possibility to restrict entry and exit from their territory, except for justifiable reasons, a decision that remains in the hands of their presidents.
The Spanish government is also introducing four tiers of emergency depending on the region's coronavirus figures.
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez said: “We are living in an extreme situation...it is the most serious in the last half century.”
Mr Sanchez needs parliamentary approval to extend his state of emegency for anything above 15 days.
They will now vote on his measures.
However, they already have the backing of a growing number of regions who have been calling on the government to implement the measure.
Spain imposed one of the toughest lockdowns early on in the pandemic and then relaxed curbs over the summer.
But like many other European countries it has seen a second wave hit in recent weeks, and now has one of the highest numbers of infections in Western Europe. Total cases rose to 1,046,132 on Friday, while the death toll is nearing 35,000.
The decree will serve as a legal framework to implement a new warning system of levels, similar to the ones already applied in countries such as Germany and France.
According to the level of risk, travelling between regions could be banned if a regions decides, except for justified reasons such as working. Movement could also be restricted within regions in localised lockdowns.
Most of the regions are already above the parameters to be considered at the highest level of risk.
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2020-10-25 14:07:00Z
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