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Regions relax certain restrictions from April 10: Group numbers, opening times, meetings in private homes
09/04/2021
VARIOUS restrictions in several regions in Spain will be lifted or eased from tomorrow (Saturday) where contagion has slowed down and in light of increased optimism over the vaccine roll-out being accelerated.
Some have opted to keep all limitations in place until the end of the 'State of Alarm', due to be over on May 9, and few, at present, have reopened their regional borders.
Andalucía has maintained the restrictions it had in place since before Easter, including regional border closure and limits on travelling between provinces; groups of up to six people are allowed to meet, except inside bar and restaurant premises, where the maximum is four to a table; all shops, bars, eateries, and other services and activities are permitted to open until 22.30, but not beyond, with the exception of towns with more than 1,000 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants (1% of the population), a situation that currently includes the provincial capital cities of Córdoba, Málaga, Huelva, Jaén and Sevilla.
In towns in Andalucía on alert level 2 or 3, restaurants are permitted to make home deliveries up to 23.30, subject to last orders at 22.30.
The curfew remains from 23.00 to 06.00, although the regional government has urged residents to 'voluntarily' stay at home beyond 20.00.
The Balearic Islands will remain shut to anyone from outside them until this coming Monday (April 12), although travelling between islands is allowed.
Social gatherings of up to four people in inside spaces, and six in outdoor areas, are permitted on the islands of Formentera and Menorca; in Ibiza and Mallorca, up to four people can meet, indoors or outdoors, from a maximum of two households, but nobody is allowed to meet anyone in a private home, where only members of the same household are permitted.
Bars and restaurants in Mallorca and Ibiza are still banned from opening their inside areas and can only operate using their outdoor terraces, provided these are shut by 17.00; in Menorca and Formentera, they can open until 18.00, inside and out, but with numbers limited in indoor parts.
The curfew in the region remains from 22.00 to 06.00.
Residents from other parts of Spain are permitted entry to the Canary Islands from tomorrow (Saturday), but are only allowed to travel between islands if they show a negative PCR or antigen test result.
Curfews remain from 22.00 to 06.00 in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Graciosa, and from 23.00 to 06.00 in La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.
Groups of up to four can meet up indoors or out; bars and restaurants must close by 22.00 in Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura, with a maximum of four people per table inside, where numbers are restricted to 50%, or six per table outside, with numbers limited to 75%.
In Lanzarote and La Graciosa, only outside terrace service is permitted, with numbers limited to 50%, no more than four per table, and closing by 23.00.
Rules for bars and restaurants are more relaxed on the islands of La Palma, El Hierro and La Gomera – up to 10 per table outside, and six inside, with numbers limited to 75%.
Shops can only let in a third of the usual maximum number of people at once in Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Graciosa, or half the usual maximum on the other islands.
Catalunya has taken a step back, rather than easing up on the rules: From tomorrow, not only are the region and its four provinces closed, but so are the districts or mini-counties within those provinces, and only members of the same household can be together in public or private spaces, or those within their 'bubble' – such as a person living alone who is allowed to meet with members of just one other household.
The maximum number of people who can meet up in public in outside areas is six, or four in indoor areas; 'non-essential' shops, including shopping centres, are shut at weekends and can only let in up to 30% of their usual maximum numbers on weekdays, and the curfew remains between 23.00 and 06.00.
Despite rapidly improving contagion rates in the Comunidad Valenciana – other than in major cities, such as Valencia which has 315 cases, the vast majority of the region's municipalities have no cases at all and most of those which do are in single figures – restrictions in place up to now will largely remain.
From Monday (April 12), the number of people allowed to meet in outdoor public places, such as bar terraces, in the street or for sporting activities, will increase from four to six, and finally, for the first time all year, people can meet each other in private homes – until now, only members of the same household were allowed to be together in a residential property, but now, members of a maximum of two households at once can meet indoors.
Visits to care homes, where the residents have been vaccinated, will become more flexible.
Limitations which remain in place include the region's borders being closed – until May 9 – 'non-essential' shops having to close at 20.00 and bars at 18.00, a maximum of 50% of the usual numbers inside any shop premises, and the curfew still standing as 22.00 to 06.00.
As before, shops selling 'essential products' are allowed to open until later, although those which sell 'essentials' and 'non-essentials', such as hypermarkets, are still required to rope off the latter parts from 20.00.
Murcia continues with its borders shut, and the town of Torre Pacheco is closed to outsiders; a maximum of four people, unless they are all from the same household, can meet in public places, indoors or outdoors; bar and restaurant terraces are now fully operative, but with a maximum of four per table; insides of these establishments will now reopen from tomorrow (Saturday) with no more than 30% of the usual maximum number of customers allowed inside at once, and no more than two to a table unless they are from the same household.
In private homes, only people who live there are allowed to be on the premises.
The curfew of 22.00 to 06.00 continues.
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VARIOUS restrictions in several regions in Spain will be lifted or eased from tomorrow (Saturday) where contagion has slowed down and in light of increased optimism over the vaccine roll-out being accelerated.
Some have opted to keep all limitations in place until the end of the 'State of Alarm', due to be over on May 9, and few, at present, have reopened their regional borders.
Andalucía has maintained the restrictions it had in place since before Easter, including regional border closure and limits on travelling between provinces; groups of up to six people are allowed to meet, except inside bar and restaurant premises, where the maximum is four to a table; all shops, bars, eateries, and other services and activities are permitted to open until 22.30, but not beyond, with the exception of towns with more than 1,000 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants (1% of the population), a situation that currently includes the provincial capital cities of Córdoba, Málaga, Huelva, Jaén and Sevilla.
In towns in Andalucía on alert level 2 or 3, restaurants are permitted to make home deliveries up to 23.30, subject to last orders at 22.30.
The curfew remains from 23.00 to 06.00, although the regional government has urged residents to 'voluntarily' stay at home beyond 20.00.
The Balearic Islands will remain shut to anyone from outside them until this coming Monday (April 12), although travelling between islands is allowed.
Social gatherings of up to four people in inside spaces, and six in outdoor areas, are permitted on the islands of Formentera and Menorca; in Ibiza and Mallorca, up to four people can meet, indoors or outdoors, from a maximum of two households, but nobody is allowed to meet anyone in a private home, where only members of the same household are permitted.
Bars and restaurants in Mallorca and Ibiza are still banned from opening their inside areas and can only operate using their outdoor terraces, provided these are shut by 17.00; in Menorca and Formentera, they can open until 18.00, inside and out, but with numbers limited in indoor parts.
The curfew in the region remains from 22.00 to 06.00.
Residents from other parts of Spain are permitted entry to the Canary Islands from tomorrow (Saturday), but are only allowed to travel between islands if they show a negative PCR or antigen test result.
Curfews remain from 22.00 to 06.00 in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Graciosa, and from 23.00 to 06.00 in La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.
Groups of up to four can meet up indoors or out; bars and restaurants must close by 22.00 in Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura, with a maximum of four people per table inside, where numbers are restricted to 50%, or six per table outside, with numbers limited to 75%.
In Lanzarote and La Graciosa, only outside terrace service is permitted, with numbers limited to 50%, no more than four per table, and closing by 23.00.
Rules for bars and restaurants are more relaxed on the islands of La Palma, El Hierro and La Gomera – up to 10 per table outside, and six inside, with numbers limited to 75%.
Shops can only let in a third of the usual maximum number of people at once in Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Graciosa, or half the usual maximum on the other islands.
Catalunya has taken a step back, rather than easing up on the rules: From tomorrow, not only are the region and its four provinces closed, but so are the districts or mini-counties within those provinces, and only members of the same household can be together in public or private spaces, or those within their 'bubble' – such as a person living alone who is allowed to meet with members of just one other household.
The maximum number of people who can meet up in public in outside areas is six, or four in indoor areas; 'non-essential' shops, including shopping centres, are shut at weekends and can only let in up to 30% of their usual maximum numbers on weekdays, and the curfew remains between 23.00 and 06.00.
Despite rapidly improving contagion rates in the Comunidad Valenciana – other than in major cities, such as Valencia which has 315 cases, the vast majority of the region's municipalities have no cases at all and most of those which do are in single figures – restrictions in place up to now will largely remain.
From Monday (April 12), the number of people allowed to meet in outdoor public places, such as bar terraces, in the street or for sporting activities, will increase from four to six, and finally, for the first time all year, people can meet each other in private homes – until now, only members of the same household were allowed to be together in a residential property, but now, members of a maximum of two households at once can meet indoors.
Visits to care homes, where the residents have been vaccinated, will become more flexible.
Limitations which remain in place include the region's borders being closed – until May 9 – 'non-essential' shops having to close at 20.00 and bars at 18.00, a maximum of 50% of the usual numbers inside any shop premises, and the curfew still standing as 22.00 to 06.00.
As before, shops selling 'essential products' are allowed to open until later, although those which sell 'essentials' and 'non-essentials', such as hypermarkets, are still required to rope off the latter parts from 20.00.
Murcia continues with its borders shut, and the town of Torre Pacheco is closed to outsiders; a maximum of four people, unless they are all from the same household, can meet in public places, indoors or outdoors; bar and restaurant terraces are now fully operative, but with a maximum of four per table; insides of these establishments will now reopen from tomorrow (Saturday) with no more than 30% of the usual maximum number of customers allowed inside at once, and no more than two to a table unless they are from the same household.
In private homes, only people who live there are allowed to be on the premises.
The curfew of 22.00 to 06.00 continues.
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