Post by account_disabled on Feb 22, 2024 6:21:52 GMT -5
The high echelons of the Ministry of Health are considering returning to phase 2, at least in part. The arrival of the new outbreaks and the increase in contagion numbers in Spain have led the Government to consider mobility restrictions in the autonomous communities similar to those that existed in phase 2, of course, without having to resort to decreeing. a new state of alarm. According to El Español this Saturday , the Ministry of Health would have shown concern about the evolution of those infected and the increase in hospital admissions .
In this case, the institution has conveyed to the newspaper "informally" the need to take new measures if the situation with the outbreaks does not improve in the coming days. In principle, the restriction measures would affect mobility and would mean "taking steps back" in the strategy to combat COVID-19, approving initiatives that are reminiscent of the old phase Lithuania Mobile Number List 2 of the de-escalation plan, but more limited and not circumscribed. to the provinces, but at the regional level. Read more: Selective confinement and contagion tracking: the limited tools of the autonomous communities to stop outbreaks Given that limiting mobility affects a fundamental right and would directly imply the approval of a new state of alarm in Parliament , the Government would be considering new legal formulas to make these measures viable without going through the Congress of Deputies.
Already this week, the Contentious-Administrative Court number 2 of Madrid annulled the restriction on smoking in public streets for limiting a fundamental right without having been alarmed. In this case, the new rules should be presented by the Minister of Health himself, Salvador Illa, at the next Interterritorial Health meeting to be held next Thursday the 27th. The idea that the Government has conveyed to the Communities would be to delay the start of the school year while waiting to see how the situation evolves after the new restrictions.