The Territorial Committee for High Impact Public Health Alerts of Almería met yesterday to analyse the epidemiological data on the incidence of Covid-19 in the province.
Thus, the authorities have decided that Zurgena passes alert level 4 in grade 2, so we will continue with the perimeter closure and will also have to close all bars and shops that are not considered essential.
These measures will be in force from Monday, February 1.
3 more cases in Zurgena recorded in the past 24 hours, with one more recovered. These figures place our village at the highest level of risk (on the matrix of numbers of population).
I have been asked to stress to everyone the importance of complying with the measures to mitigate the spread as it has been reported that in certain circumstances people are not complying with the social distancing eg in bars, restaurants etc. In light of this I and the Mayor have asked the Police to pay periodic visits to such places to enforce the rules.
The Police are working very hard at the moment to try and ensure people stay within the rules your compliance would greatly assist them and ourselves in reducing the dangers from this virus
We are led to believe that next week, at last, the works of the Project of “Improvements of networks and pavements in roads in Zurgena will begin. Work N ° 87 P.I.M 2018-2BI ”, work which we requested in 2017 and that, for reasons beyond our control, have not yet been carried out.
This morning we accompanied the Technician and the company who are going to carry out the works in the different areas where they are going to be woprking. We leave you a small summary of the content of the project.
- October 19 Avenue:
Replacement of the supply and sanitation network, including the replacement of the household connections of the sanitation network, and renovation of the pavement, to facilitate the evacuation of rainwater, slopes will be changed and rigs will be placed
Post Office Square:
Replacement of the current pavement by one of cobblestones to integrate it into the landscape.
- Paving several streets:
* Calle Sol
* Calle Sierra de Cazorla, Segura and the Villas Crossroads with Calle Mediodia
* Calle Murcia corner
* Passage de Cañada Herrero
* Calle Mina
* Avenida Europa
I am getting many requests regarding the timing/process for the roll out of the vaccination programme in Spain.
We (the Town Hall) have now knowledge yet of the planned process as it is central government that is handling it.
As soon as we hear anything I will post on here, Facebook and the mobile application Living Zurgena. The latter of which I think is now working again, as it should, after a hiatus of 2 months!
This information from the Daily Telegraph outlines some of the issues.
Today the official figures for Zurgena show another 6 cases so a total of 30 with 2 recovered.
Todays covid case count for Zurgena is 24 active cases.
The rolling 14 days figure is 632 leaving us in the extreme high risk group.
I typed the above for publication and then was, almost immediately, informed that, due to the increase in cases, the perimeter of Zurgena municipality is now closed and you can only leave or enter the municipality for justifiable reasons. This comes into effect at midnight Wednesday 27th January.
Stay safe everyone.
Following a question from a resident;
this means that we are confined to the municipal boundary eg you can move between our villages, Alfoquia, Zurgena, Cucador, Llanos del Peral, Los Menchones, Carasoles etc but you cannot go out of, or enter, the municipal boundary of Zurgena.
I have been asked if I can give regular updates on the Covid figures for our area and I will try and do that.
For those of you on Facebook you are probably aware of the below Facebook page which is the official one for Almeria Covid figures but, for those of you not on Face book I will try and remember to update the blog and the mobile phone application as regularly as I can. I have copied the relevant page below.
Official Notice from the Mayor
Since the WHO declared the public health emergency situation, of international importance, due to the expansion of the coronavirus COVID 19, the authorities of the various administrations have been adopting various extraordinary containment measures.
Considering that at the moment Zurgena, as in the rest of the national territory, We are seeing an upward trend in the number of cases and with the intention of protecting all neighbours, users of public services and the personnel who provide them, this Mayor's Office, in accordance with the provisions of sections “a” and “m” of article 21 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, Regulating the Bases of the Local Regime, and in application of Royal Decree Law 926 / 2020 declaring the state of alarm to contain the spread of infections caused by SARS-COVID-2 (BOE no 282, 10/25/2020),
RESOLVED:
FIRST.- The Town Hall will only attend to callers through the public service window for reception-issuance of documents. This is located next to the access door to the Town Hall.
However, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. there will be staff from the municipal offices who can attend to emergency situations that may occur.
Citizens who intend to send writings to this City Council should do so by electronic means preferably, through the electronic headquarters of the electronic website zurgena.sedelectronica.es.
Municipal employees whose functions and duties do not require physical presence in their respective centres, whenever possible and with prior authorisation from the Mayor, will carry out their tasks by teleworking.
SECOND.- Taking into account the emergency of the situation and the uniqueness of the staff of the Zurgena City Council, different tasks may be assigned to those usually carried out by each of the municipal employees in their usual job.
THIRD.- The Zurgena City Council will enable a service for the care of those elderly or disabled people who cannot be cared for by family members, and who are in a situation of confinement; to send them basic necessities, medicines, etc.
FOURTH.- The following TELEPHONES OF INTEREST are enabled
EMERGENCIES 24 HOURS
LOCAL POLICE EMAILS
LINK VIRTUAL OFFICE ZURGENA CITY COUNCIL
To communicate with the Town Hall please use
: 637791751/664395513/664395513 or email
ayuntamiento@zurgena.es or
jmartimo@zurgena.es eon84@hotmail.com
https://zurgena.sedelectronica.es
CONTROLLED HOURS
09:00 h. - 2:00 p.m. 15:30 h. - 19:30 h.
Between the above hours the landline number can be used 950449006
FIFTH.- Maintain the closure of municipal sports spaces, prohibiting their use until further notice.
SIX.- Maintain the closure of public parks and gardens.
SEVENTH.- Maintain suspended and canceled all acts foreseen in the cultural sphere, as well as any type of celebration, of celebration, promoted by this City Council.
EIGHTH.- No public premises will be assigned to third parties for any type of meeting or celebration (family reunions, birthdays, communions, etc ...)
NINTH.- It is recommended to avoid group meetings of more than FOUR people, in the same way it is recommended to avoid concentrations of people in establishments open to the public and especially in any closed space and it is remembered that the established measures are required.
This Decree will be in force as long as the circumstances that motivated it continue, and may be modified to adapt them to new occurrences.
You are strongly requested to heed the instructions given by the health authorities and to stay informed through the usual channels of communication.
In Zurgena, signed by the Mayor on the 22nd Day of January 2021.
The Doctor of the La Alfoquía surgery has contacted the City Council to asked us to send to you all request.
She asks that any neighbours who wish to go to the consultation room do so solely for reasons of illness. If the reason you need to visit is to collect test results or any other reason that can be delayed then please wait a couple of weeks . She makes clear that the sick are still to be treated as a priority.
This is in order to try to avoid transmissions, given that we are seeing increases in infections these days .
The Local Police of Zurgena are carrying out random controls in order to ensure compliance with the measures established for the prevention of COVID-19, control of entrances to the municipality of towns with perimeter closure and control for compliance with the rules.
In the last month they have carried out more than 30 sanctions for non-compliance with the measures imposed by the Autonomous Government.
We ask the neighbours to collaborate with compliance of the prevention protocols for the pandemic and the confinement measures for everyones good.
The Local Police will continue to carry out preventive controls.
Due to the epidemiological situation in the municipalities bordering our locality, the population is recommended TO SELF-CONFINE HOME and to avoid as far as possible social contacts with people who do not live together.
Likewise, the individual responsibility of each neighbour is appealed to and the need for us all to respect the safety regulations that we all know: use mask, safe distance washing hands etc.
The recommendations made by this council are the following
Recommendation not to leave the place of residence making only exits to go to work or perform strictly necessary tasks
It is recommended to avoid encounters and reunions with people who do not belong to the basic family unit of coexistence.
We remember that it is the job of each and every one of us to comply with the sanitary regulations to be able to progress and minimize as much as possible the positive cases that could occur in our municipality.
Please bear in mind the difficult situation and comply as best you can
These are the measures announced by the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno:
- Perimeter closure of the region and the 8 provinces.
- Perimeter closure of municipalities with AI greater than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
- Closure of hotels and shops at 6:00 p.m.
- Closure of hotels and businesses in municipalities with an AI greater than 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
- Advancement of the curfew at 20.00 (if the central government authorizes it).
- Reduction of social gatherings to 4 people.
These measures will be reviewed daily and come into effect at 00:00 this Sunday.
UPDATE
Sorry to clarify we (residents of Zurgena can travel freely with the exception of the following
Municipalities with perimeters closed
Alhama de Almería, Almería capital, Benahadux, Carboneras, Fiñana, Gádor, Huécija, Huércal de Almería, Níjar, Pechina, Sorbas, Viator, Albox, Antas, Arboleas, Armuña de Almanzora, Chirivel, Cóbdar, Cuevas del Almanzora, Fines, Los Gallardos, Garrucha, Macael, María, Mojácar, Olula del Río, Oria, Partaloa, Purchena, Taberno, Vélez-Blanco, Vélez-Rubio, Vera, Laujar de Andarax y Adra.
Municipalities with shops and businesses closed
Alhama de Almeria, Carboneras, Fiñana, Gádor, Sorbas, Albox, Antas, Arboleas, Chirivel, Cóbdar, Los Gallardos, María, Mojácar, Oria, Taberno, Partaloa, Vélez-Blanco, Vélez-Rubio.
I have posted below information for the Gov.uk website regarding travel to and from Spain. I am indebted to a local resident for forwarding this to me for your information.
Relating to the recent news reports regarding the difficulties of UK Citizens, legally registered as Resident in Spain, being refused boarding of transport, particularly airlines to return back home here, the UK Govt issued the following report on its website (Govt.UK/Living in Spain) yesterday 12h January 2021.
Once again we emphasise how important it is to minimise social or other meetings and to comply with the mandatory use of masks and interpersonal distance to avoid and control infections by Covid 19.
Our town continues to have 6 infected people for the past days, but the reality is that in the province and in neighbouring towns the cases continue to increase rapidly, so we ask all of you to comply with the restrictions.
From the City Council we continue with the disinfection tasks and support to schools in cleaning and disinfection tasks, among other measures that the
Government team adopted and continues to maintain, but the responsibility to tackle this pandemic is individual and on each and every one of us so we ask you to please take all the necessary precautions to get through this third wave in the best possible way.
We send lots of encouragement to the 6 infected people and wish them a speedy recovery.
The Junta de Andalucía has announced new measures, for the region, in force for two weeks from this Monday 11 January (midnight Sunday night) until and including 24 January, to help curb the spread of coronavirus.
The measures include the closure of shops and businesses at 8pm.
Bars and restaurants must close at 6pm.
Cafeterias can stay open until 8pm as long as they don't serve alcohol after 6pm.
Establishments will be able to stay open for the collection of takeaways until 9.30pm and food can be delivered to homes until 11.30pm.
The night curfew has been brought forward to 10pm until 6am across the region.
Moreno said that for now travel from province to province within Andalucía is still permitted.
The regional border separating Andalucía from the rest of Spain remains closed for non-essential travel, after the measure was partially lifted only for the holiday period.
The ban on movement between the eight towns currently closed in the Campo de Gibraltar remains in place.
In the past month, the rainwater collector for Avd. 19 de Octubre has been cleaned and put into Active operation.
A reinforced concrete adaptable drain has been built at the entrance of the existing collector to filter the fall of materials from the mountains that surround it. This action is intended to end the problems that were caused on the road and the residents of the Zurgena Mirador Building.
Below are the winning numbers of the raffle for the vouchers exchanged in the different businesses or establishments of the municipality.
The draw was held in the Plaza del Olmo this afternoon. The lucky winners should take their ballot to the Town Hall and they will be given their gift voucher, worth € 50, to be used within a month. If after 20 days any of the winners has not appeared, those gift vouchers will be raffled again.
Congratulations to the lucky ones! Thanks to everyone who participated.
"I support Zurgena"
Bar La Glorieta 4074
Bar del Pueblo 9469
Bar La Fragua 6716
Bar Catalan 4071
Almeria 5863
Bar Heathers 7857
Bar La Vida 5876
Pizzeria Gondola 6475
El Recreo 4069
Sangre Espanol 4227
Bar Cordoba 3601
Bar Los Camioneros 8351
Restaurante Indian Tandoori 2136
Bar La Piscina 7649
Super Coviran 7199
Bazar Loli 7650
Carniceria Aguila 713
Comestibles Ana 121
Panaderia Alcaina 3822
Panaderia Argentina 7241
Clinica Veterinario ABC 4515
Gasoline Oil Barol 3978
Sucesores de Baltasar Sola 2190
Mezur 3598
Mueble Hogar Milenium 8994
Fish and Chips 3599
Zeta Services 1827
Arte de Cabelo 4352
Peluqueria Angelita 3605
Peluqueria Mary 926
Peluqueria Azahar 2002
Peluqueria Room 97 1748
Estetica Luisa Gomez 9000
Taxi Loli Domene 3992
Taxi Maria 7331
Asesdoria Ana Laura Simon 3056
CAT Services 1351
Harmony 3330
ALO Services 704
Farmacia Luisa Belzunces 1939
