The Basque Government will propose that meetings of up to ten people and mobility between communities be authorised at Christmas.
- The Basque Government will demand that the next 24, 25, 31 and 1 and 6 January raise the limit of persons from six to ten, and that the curfew be extended until 1:00 on 24 and 31 December. It will also propose to facilitate the mobility of peoples for "Christmas", although it has not specified whether these are specific dates of celebration, or for the whole week. The measures currently in force will be reviewed on 9 December, as the Member has reported.
This afternoon, the meeting of the Civil Protection Plan Advisory Council (LABi), chaired by lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, took place. At the press conference following the meeting, the Basque Government Health Advisor, Miren Gotzone Sagardui, announced that the Basque Government will present a proposal.
Exceptions at Christmas
On the one hand, the Basque Government will raise the meeting limit of persons from six to ten on 24, 25 and 31 December and 1 and 6 January. On 24 and 31 December, the possibility of extending the curfew until 01:00 will be considered. It will also propose the abolition of restrictions on the mobility of peoples, although it has not specified whether it wants only those days of celebration or throughout the week to be enabled. The counsellor explained that these measures must be agreed at State level and not at State level.
The Basque Government argues that the other measures should remain in force during Christmas, with each community having the capacity to make adjustments according to its reality. Among others, those dedicated to commerce, fairs, nursing homes or hospitality.
The measures will be reviewed on 9 December
The LABi committee will meet again on 9 December, and it will then be when it decides whether or not the current measures will be reformed. In the meantime, prohibitions and limitations will be maintained for cultural halls, sporting activities, inter-village mobility, hospitality or curfew. It has anticipated that measures will in any case be adapted to businesses: For those over 150 square metres, the maximum capacity will be 60 per cent and for those less than 75 per cent.
Improves yes, but not enough
Sagardui summarises the analysis of the situation carried out by the committee: “We’re OK, but we’re not OK. The situation remains worrying.” He explained that the contagion data has improved, but that in hospitals and ICUs there is still too much population admitted to the ICU.
The pandemic has revealed, in all its crudeness, the consequences of the neoliberal model of care for the elderly, children and the dependent population. Now is the time to consolidate the critical discourses and community alternatives that flourished during the lockdown.”... [+]
