The mayor has announced the creation of a Monitoring Commission made up of representatives from the Occupational Health, Emergency and Health services to monitor the evolution of this virus daily.
The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, has chaired this morning a meeting held by the councilors of the Government Team, as well as those responsible for all municipal services with the aim of coordinating contagion prevention actions before the possible arrival of Coronavirus to the city.
Mateos has announced that "in the situation of alert by Coronavirus, the city of Lorca in a meeting held today with the heads of service of the different departments, has agreed to postpone the different events that were to be held in the coming days in the public spaces, both outdoors and in municipal infrastructures. This is a protocol whose period of postponement responds to the recommendations made by the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Region of Murcia. "
The First Edil explained that "all cultural and sporting events will be postponed: the events in commemoration of St. Patrick and the Local Police Day; the courses, workshops and conferences of the associations of seniors and women, including events organized within the program on the occasion of International Women's Day The decision has been taken, as a preventive measure, to close the municipal libraries, the study room and the M13 Youth Resource Center and the courses will also be postponed for adults of the Popular University and, as for the different children's courses, they will develop normally warning the companions of the children so that they do not access the places where these courses are held.First aid workshops are also postponed in schools and neighborhood associations and the events planned to be held at the Teatro Guerra, the Huerto Ruano and the Cultural Center Mayor José María Campoy "
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Mateos Molina has announced the "creation of a Monitoring Commission made up of representatives of the Occupational Health, Emergency and Health services to monitor the evolution of this virus daily. Likewise, the different groups will also be informed immediately municipal, so that they have knowledge of the situation immediately and can make the contributions they deem appropriate. In addition, on the website of the City Council we have activated a section with updated information on the Coronavirus, as well as in our social networks. "
The First Edil has insisted that "the postponement of the events is carried out in order to avoid agglomerations that could become the focus of transmission of the virus and, in addition to the basic recommendations that we have been highlighting during these days such as frequent washing and disinfection hands, avoid covering our mouth with your hand when coughing, do not bring your hands to your nose, mouth or eyes or keep more than a meter away from a person who is coughing, we recommend access to municipal services when it is completely necessary and make use of telephone inquiries ".
The mayor of Lorca has revealed that "during these weeks we have carried out several informative talks to municipal workers and they are also held with Associations of Fathers and Mothers, Women, Neighbors and Local Police. In addition, in the coming days we will keep various meetings both with the presidents of the Lorca's brotherhoods and with the representatives of the associative fabric of the municipality who planned to hold non-municipal events, such as, for example, the evaluation of the maintenance of the activities organized on the occasion of the festival of San José for its total coordination ".
For his part, the chief medical officer of the Prevention Service of the City of Lorca, Joaquín Vicente, has shown that "the incubation period is 5 to 12 days and if there are no symptoms it is not transmitted. In addition, we must remember that in Spain during 2019 the number of deaths due to the common influenza virus was about 6,300 and the death toll from Coronavirus is 4,200 globally. "
Diego José Mateos has made a "call for calm and the use of common sense. We have taken necessary measures, arrived from the Ministry of Health of the Region of Murcia, to contain the spread of a virus that has not yet reached Lorca. And, of course, we insist on the importance of the flow of information through the media and social networks of the official accounts, ignoring bulos or message chains by Whastapp, to help prevent it from being generated social alarm ".
Telephone of general interest of the Municipal Services:
Tax Management 968 47 97 02
Cadastre 968 47 97 37
Intervention 968 47 97 04
Heritage 968 47 97 25
Urban planning 968 47 97 23
Sports 968 46 61 30
Employment 968 46 41 22
OMIC 968 46 65 42 // Health 968 46 65 42
Social Services 968 46 64 04
Equality 968 46 66 00
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca