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35,000 masks and 3,000 protective screens have been distributed; Medicines have been distributed in more than a hundred homes and more than 3,000 kilos of food and basic necessities among 400 families at risk of social exclusion and vulnerable people. The Councilor for Emergencies and Civil Protection of the City of Lorca, Isabel Casalduero, has reported the battery of actions implemented in the field of logistics, prevention and psychosocial support against the coronavirus. Casalduero explained that "in addition to the tasks of direct fight to end the viral load in critical areas through disinfection, the Emergency Services and Civil Protection are carrying out important tasks in terms of logistics, communication and psychosocial support." The Edil has detailed that "in logistics, the collection and distribution of 30,000 masks and 3,000 screens have been carried out in industrial areas, train and bus stations, urban areas and districts contributed by hundreds of volunteers as well as the Delegation of the Government and, at the beginning of the crisis, an important donation of 5,000 masks was made that was stored by the Emergency Service to the Rafael Méndez Hospital.

" "In addition, in collaboration with the Department of Health, Civil Protection volunteers have carried out an important distribution of medicines from hospitals in Murcia and Lorca to the homes of more than a hundred families with risky, oncological and chronic patients, of all The municipality and in support of the departments of Social Services, Education and Oenegés, has collected and distributed more than 3,000 kilos of food and basic necessities among 400 families at risk of exclusion and vulnerable people in confinement.

" Casalduero Jódar has indicated that "in terms of communication, efforts have focused on informing the population of Lorca about the effects of Covid-19 and the preventive measures recommended by the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health, to through the design and preparation of brochures and posters informing and raising awareness; through social networks, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram and Instagram, with more than 300 publications in the last 45 days and with a reach of 80,000 people, both from the municipality of Lorca, as from other places in Spain and Latin America or the dissemination of information through a mobile public address service carried out by Civil Protection volunteers, performing to date nearly 200 hours of service both in the urban area of ??the city and in the districts " The Councilor for Emergencies has reported that "in terms of psychosocial support, more than 40 hours have been devoted to telematic psychological support, both for essential workers and for the general population at the individual and family level and the holding of events during the confinement such as birthday greetings on the public address system and the distribution of gifts to boys and girls residing in the districts of our municipality, donated by Parents' Associations and Neighborhood Associations ". Isabel Casalduero has revealed that "the personnel of the Emergency and Civil Protection Service of the municipality of Lorca, if they already perform excellent work under normal conditions, have multiplied their initiatives in this situation of health crisis and have become involved not only at the level professional if not professional level and, therefore, from the City of Lorca we want to greatly appreciate this effort and all this work.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca