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| With strong capacity restrictions and under strict compliance with health recommendations | As for the weekly markets in the neighborhood of La Viña and the rest of the districts of our municipality "will not be held, for the moment, since it is important that we can check, under strict monitoring, this protocol to be able to apply it where the conditions for the return of the street markets are more difficult ". The Councilor for Squares and Markets of the Lorca City Council, José Ángel Ponce, has informed of the reopening, next Thursday, of the Lorca Weekly Market. Ponce has announced that "starting next Thursday, May 14, in accordance with very strict measures, the traditional Lorca Weekly Market will be held again, located in the Huerto de La Rueda from 8 am to 2 pm". "The Thursday Market will be the only one to recover as long as the state of alarm continues, since the rest of the market takes place in streets and spaces where it is not possible to comply with social distancing measures nor to control capacity" . The Edil explained that "the resolution of its opening includes that the positions accredited to attend will be those of sale of food products and those whose vendors are residents of our municipality will have priority.

They will be arranged in such a way that they do not face each other maintaining a lateral distance between stalls of 2.5 meters, a distance of 2 meters between vendors of the same stall and users and 6 meters between rows ". "The entry hours for vendors will be from 6:30 a.m.

to 7:30 a.m.

and from 7:30 a.m.

to 8:00 a.m., the adaptation of the main entrance of the venue for users will be carried out in order to enable control capacity, established maximum at 120 people, as well as the distribution of disposable gloves and hydroalcoholic solutions ". Ponce Díaz has detailed that "the market area will be delimited in such a way that access is prevented from any point, except the main entrance and, to guarantee good access, two entrance and exit channels will be enabled for users.

While the entrance of the vendors will be controlled by the Local Police, including the control of the vehicles, for which a prior communication of the vehicle identification associated with the stall will be required.

" As for the obligations to be fulfilled by the sellers, the mayor pointed out that "the use of a mask or screen and gloves will be mandatory, for which it will be provided from the City Council; to have permanent hydroalcoholic gel and use it after each service; dispose in each trash can with lid and pedal, individual attention to a customer per vendor, avoid the direct manipulation of products by customers and avoid the use of rings, bracelets or watches.

work, cleaning facilities and materials including freshly prepared dilutions of bleach will be mandatory, as well as washing clothes in the washing machine, in washing cycles between 60 and 90 degrees, with a minimum duration of 30 minutes.

" José Ángel Ponce recalled that "users, for whom the parking area in front of the Huerto de La Rueda complex is enabled, should wear a mask and gloves, keep safety distances and collaborate for the normal development of the activity." "The Thursday Market will be the only one that, for the moment, the markets that are held both in the neighborhood of La Viña and in the rest of the districts of our municipality will not be held, for the moment, since it is important that we can verify , under strict monitoring, this protocol to be able to apply it where the conditions for the return of the street vending markets are more difficult and which will be conditioned to the following de-escalation phases ". The Councilor for Plazas and Markets has stated "the absolute support of the Lorca City Council for the street vending sector" and has guaranteed that "our main objective is to gradually recover the activity of our weekly markets but always complying with all the measures sanitary established by the State Government to guarantee the maximum security of our neighbors within this new normality ". Ponce also recalled that "the measures that make it possible to open the market are conditioned on finally authorizing the passage of the Region of Murcia to phase 1 of the de-escalation."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca