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The Councilor for Health, José Ángel Ponce, reiterates that "we can neither lower our guard nor trust ourselves, we must maintain the responsibility and prudence of all so that the number of infections does not continue to increase every day." The Councilor for Health of the City of Lorca, José Ángel Ponce, has indicated that "the situation continues to be worrying in our municipality taking into account the rate of infections that we are facing in recent days, also due to a greater number of diagnostic tests being carried out.

" The Councilor for Health has detailed that "in the last 24 hours there have been 120 new cases in the Region, of which 44 correspond to Lorca, the highest daily number of infections in our municipality in what we have been in for months of pandemic" . José Ángel Ponce has stressed that "at this time we must focus part of our efforts on containing the number of new infections, we have not stopped sending the entire population the security measures that we must all follow to cut the chain of transmission of the coronavirus, also monitoring asymptomatic people for that ". Ponce Díaz recalled that "the City Council has been extremely vigilant, which we have already been carrying out through the Local Police, for compliance with individual security measures and mandatory quarantine periods, through the municipal collaboration established with Public Health: So far this month, a total of eight complaints for breach of quarantine and another 80 have been filed for not using or improperly using the mask. The mayor of Health has reiterated the importance of complying with individual safety measures such as the mandatory use of a mask, extreme hand hygiene, as well as maintaining personal distance and avoiding crowds, and has emphasized that "we cannot neither lower our guard nor trust ourselves, we must maintain responsibility and prudence so that the number of infections does not continue to increase ". Ponce recalled that "any person who has been diagnosed as a positive case by Covid-19 is obliged to maintain a home isolation of 14 days, a measure that must also be complied with by all those who are considered as close or very close contact with that infected person ". In this sense, the councilor has insisted that "at the slightest if you have any symptoms related to Covid-19, no matter how small, communicate it immediately, since, if you do not say so, you put yourself and the community you live in.

Get in touch with your health center and that person will be given an appointment to carry out diagnostic tests.

Remember that, in addition to the telephone line provided at 900 121 212, it is recommended to request that appointment through the mobile application of the Murcian Health Service, or on the website www.murciasalud.es ". In addition, Ponce explained that the Ministry of Health continues to work, together with the City Council, to detect the origin of each case.

And also in helping the worst off to keep isolation due to unfavorable social and / or economic conditions. Finally, José Ángel Ponce has indicated that, "for this coming Monday, August 17, a new meeting of the Covid-19 Monitoring Committee is scheduled in our municipality to evaluate the latest data, as well as new measures.

to be adopted, in the event that it is necessary to reinforce those that are already being applied ". Measures between the Ministry of Health and the CCAA On the other hand, the mayor of Health has referred to the measures adopted between the Ministry of Health and the autonomous communities in the face of the increase in cases of COVID-19, among which the closure of nightclubs, dance halls and bars of Drinks with and without live musical performances, in addition to hotels, restaurants, terraces and bars / restaurants, the minimum interpersonal distance of 1.5 meters must be guaranteed in the bar service and also between tables, with a maximum of 10 people per table. Furthermore, smoking will be prohibited on public roads and in public spaces provided that the minimum personal distance of two meters cannot be guaranteed; PCR tests will be carried out on all new admissions in residential socio-sanitary centers, with a maximum of 72 hours in advance.

Also to employees who return from leave and vacations, and to new ones who join.

Visits will be limited to one person per resident, extreme prevention measures, and with a maximum duration of one hour a day.

And, the staggering of these will be guaranteed throughout the day, except in the case of people who are in the process of the end of life. As well as recommending to citizens the limitation of social encounters outside the group of stable coexistence and with a maximum of 10 people.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca