Valencia borders stay open

Day 130 Spanish News Open, closed , stay in go out! What’s going on? France and Germany in full lockdown. Why have flu cases gone down by 98% down across the world? Fines for Halloween!

VALENCIA BORDERS STAY OPEN The Generalitat rules out a closure of the entire Community BUT will apply mobility restrictions to the most affected municipalities. The objective is to avoid travel over the Todos los Santos bridge. The Valencian president, Ximo Puig, has announced that in the next few hours "measures can be taken" in "specific populations or regions that have a much more aggressive rate" due to coronavirus in case it is necessary to avoid the displacement of citizens from other autonomies to the Valencian Community on the occasion of the All Saints Bridge. Sources of the Consell rule out that at the moment a perimeter closure of the entire Community or of any of its three provinces will be applied and point out that these limitations will be taken by municipalities, where the situation of the pandemic is more uncontrolled. The decision will possibly be made this Thursday after the Interterritorial Council on Wednesday afternoon. Puig has replied in these terms to journalists when asked if he plans to confine the Valencian Community this weekend to prevent the arrival of tourists from other regions. "We are expectant about the measures that other autonomous communities can take, especially those that are bordering or that we are lucky enough to have the presence of citizens of those autonomies," said Puig. He added that they are attentive to the evolution of the pandemic and, based on that, in the next few hours they will make "the appropriate decisions." In any case, he has considered that the entire citizenry "is aware that this massive transfer of other communities does not seem very appropriate", and has recalled that the exercise of "co-responsibility and individual responsibility in this common cause of the pandemic is fundamental ". Asked if there is a confinement of the entire Valencian Community or by provinces, the president replied that the situations of some "specific populations or regions that have a much more aggressive rate of the disease at this time are being evaluated." "There, yes, measures can be taken in the next few hours," said Puig, who added that the situation is complicated: "We must be permanently observing what happens and, depending on what happens, we will make the appropriate decisions." Puig has highlighted that at the moment there are legal guarantees, since on the one hand the Court of Justice of the Valencian Community has validated the resolution of the Ministry of Health that establishes nocturnal restrictions on mobility, and on the other hand there is the state of alarm The president has affirmed that they will use "all the mechanisms" that they consider necessary, especially on the part of those responsible for public health and experts, although on whether there could be a reconfinement in the next few hours or days he has said that "it is not to speculate, but to act ".

MURCIA CLOSES ITS BORDERS Murcia closes the region and prevents mobility. They also restrict mobility from one municipality to another in the face of the unstoppable rise in infections. Murcia gets the Green light at the closing of the borders in the Region of Murcia. The regional government has decided to finally decree this Wednesday the perimeter closure throughout the territory of the Community, as well as that of the 45 municipalities, after the emergency meeting of the Covid Monitoring Committee in the Region that they have held this Wednesday in San Esteban members of the Covid Monitoring Committee in the Region with the regional Executive. The unstoppable rise in coronavirus infections in recent days, this Wednesday touching almost a thousand, and the announcement of a possible "health collapse", together with the imminent arrival of the All Saints Day Bridge, has made the The López Miras government has decided to take action on the matter and close the borders with the rest of the autonomous communities, thus restricting the mobility of the inhabitants, who can only circulate through Murcia. The alarms have been lighting up with the passing of the hours, after the 'neighboring' communities Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha and the Valencian Community have also put on the table the possibility of carrying out a perimeter confinement in their respective territories. This measure will be published urgently in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia (BORM) and will join the restrictions imposed last Sunday by the national government with the new state of alarm and the curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. next day.

TAXIS PROTEST Barcelona taxi drivers parade GALLOWS as they plead with government to save their industry. Taxi drivers in Barcelona have staged a demonstration on wheels, clogging a major street with their cars and parading improvised gallows with an effigy apparently symbolizing their nearly-dead industry. The rally, which was organized by local professional associations, involved around 1,000 taxi license holders serving the Barcelona Metropolitan area. After gathering on Monday morning, they slowly drove their vehicles through the center of the Catalan city, leaving free only a single lane for emergency services. The protesters then parked their vehicles and walked towards the government building hosting the administration of Teresa Cunillera, Madrid’s delegate to Catalonia. They wanted to personally deliver their demands to the top official, who refused to talk to them. The message was driven home by a gallows, which was mounted on top of one of the taxis, complete with an effigy hanging in the noose, which was apparently meant to symbolize the degree of desperation the drivers face.

COVID ORIHUELA The covid advances in Orihuela, Elche, Elda and Pinoso despite the restrictions. The incidence in the four localities has increased in recent days uJornada negra with eight deaths and 400 new infections. The contagion curve continues to rise in the municipalities where restrictive measures have been adopted to try to stop the increase in the pandemic: Elche, Orihuela, Elda and Pinoso. The accumulated incidence worsens in all of them, according to the figures by municipalities that Health has published this Tuesday. The case of Elda is striking, which currently has a rate of 638 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. On Friday it was 515. In neighboring Pinoso, the incidence is currently 677 and it also continues to increase. These two municipalities are in the crosshairs of the Ministry of Health in the face of the unstoppable increase in cases of coronavirus. Its mayors are concerned and appeal, once again, to individual responsibility to stop the spread of the virus. Both the Eldense Rubén Alfaro and the pine tree Lázaro Azorín are waiting to receive instructions from the Ministry of Health, which at the moment does not pronounce in any sense, in case it were necessary to add more severe restrictions to those that have already been adopted in last weeks. Despite the appeal, in Elda there continue to be crowds of people like the ones that have been repeating on Tuesdays and Saturdays at the popular market in Santa Bárbara. Also in Pinoso, the Local Police will intensify surveillance to avoid private celebrations or non-compliance with preventive measures among children and young people during the Halloween celebration. From the Elda Public Health Center, daily reports are sent to the Department of Health to monitor the evolution of outbreaks. In Pinoso there is the added circumstance that in the first wave there were hardly any people from the municipality hospitalized, but at the moment there are and there have also been two deaths in the last 14 days. Specifically, that of an octogenarian neighbour with health problems and that of a middle-aged woman suffering from terminal cancer.

SPANISH POLITICIANS PARTY ON DOWN! Controversy in the networks for a party of more than 150 guests attended by Illa and Casado. Personalities from the political, business and sports world attended an awards ceremony organized by a media outlet. Minister Montero has assured that "although the security measures were met, self-reflection will be necessary" Social networks have exploded this Monday after learning that personalities from the world of politics, business and sports met in a state of alarm this Monday at a party with more than 150 guests. The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, and the leader of the opposition, Pablo Casado, were present at the meeting in which safety distances were not respected. The party, which had more than 150 guests, brought together several members of the executive on the first day of application of the state of alarm. The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa; the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles; the head of Justice, Juan Carlos Campo; and the head of Culture, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, also attended the 'Leones de El Español' gala. "The minister attended as institutional representation because one of the awards was given to the Minister of Defense," they say from the Government. The Minister of the Presidency, Maria Jesús Montero, has assured that although the act "had the security measures decreed by the government of Madrid, we must do an act of self-reflection." Outrage on the net "So, I understand that if they have followed the rules, I could organize a dinner at home with 150 people. Right? Isn't anyone going to come out to ask for forgiveness?", The journalist Carme Chaparro has complained. Like her, thousands of tweeters have turned on the networks with their comments. So, I understand that if they fit me, I could organize a dinner at home with 150 people. True? Isn't anyone going to come out to ask for forgiveness? pic.twitter.com/TBnOMgalHB - Carme Chaparro (with mask��) (@CarmeChaparro) October 27, 2020 "What about the El Español party with 150 attendees where you see photos of people without a mask, or wearing it in any way is a fucking shame, there is no other way to define it. That the minister of health is among the guests is already laughing of all Spaniards, "says a tweeter. "I don't know if the El Español party yesterday will be a super contagion event, but what it should be is a super broadcast event," says another user. "If the El Español party does not end with resignations it means that as a society we are finished. The Minister of Health there. It is tremendous. 150 people in a closed space less than 48 hours after having decreed the state of alarm", writes another user.

GET AWAY TO TENERIFE New plane route between Elche and Tenerife. The flight will have three weekly frequencies that will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays The Alicante-Elche Airport starts a new route, coinciding with the start of the winter season, with the help of Ryanair. Specifically, the airline will connect Elche with Tenerife through a link with the Tenerife North Airport-City of La Laguna. The route will have three weekly frequencies that will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. This morning at 7:45, the first flight to the island of Tenerife was embarking and the flight in the opposite direction is scheduled to arrive at the Alicante airport at 2:25 p.m.

SABADELL BANK SACKS STAFF Banco Sabadell prepares an adjustment plan that will affect around 2,000 employees. The entity chaired by Oliu plans to present its cuts to the unions next week. Banco Sabadell is preparing an adjustment plan that will mean the departure of up to 2,000 employees from the bank based on early retirement and incentivized terminations, according to sources familiar with the contacts that have been made between management and unions. The bank intends to formally present its plan to the unions at a meeting that is scheduled for next week. Bank sources have indicated that no negotiations have yet started and have declined to comment. With this movement, the bank chaired by Josep Oliu seeks to reduce costs to adapt to the new competitive reality of the banking market, in addition to adjusting to the latest trends in customer use, marked by digitization. In parallel to the departure of employees in Spain, the British subsidiary of Banco Sabadell, TSB, announced a few weeks ago that it plans to close another 164 branches in the United Kingdom next 2021 to gain profitability, which will affect some 900 jobs. Banco Sabadell will thus follow in the footsteps of other banking entities that have already announced staff cuts, such as Santander, which yesterday announced that it will carry out an Employment Regulation File (ERE) in Spain that could affect 3,000 employees.

SUPERMARKET FOOD SHOPPING ON AMAZON Amazon brings its Prime Now service to Alicante to distribute the purchase of the supermarket. The North American company maintains an alliance with Dia that allows the products to be delivered on the same day. Amazon has begun to offer its Prime Now service in Alicante, which allows Prime subscribers to receive the purchase they make online at the Dia supermarket chain on the same day, in two-hour slots. Alicante thus becomes the seventh Spanish city - after Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Malaga and Bilbao - where the North American e-commerce multinational implements this fast delivery service, with which it intends to increase its share of food sales to through the web, the segment that most resists it. Purchases must be made on the primenow.amazon.es website or the Prime Now app, where customers must choose the delivery time slot in which they wish to receive it at home. From Sant Joan Orders received will be prepared at the La Plaza de DIA store located on Cervantes de Sant Joan street and Amazon will then manage the collection of the merchandise in the store and its delivery to consumers' homes. "At Dia we are committed to the online shopping service as a time saving for our customers, time that they can dedicate to other activities. Thanks to our alliance with Amazon, from now on, Alicante customers at La Plaza de Dia will be able to receive their you shop at home in a two-hour window, thus simplifying your day-to-day life ", says Diego Sebastián de Erice, director of E-commerce at Dia España. "We are delighted that Prime customers in Alicante and surrounding areas can shop regularly with fast delivery and have it delivered to their doorstep," adds Camille Bur, Director of Prime Now for Spain, France and Italy. "The expansion of DIA's La Plaza store in Prime Now now allows us to offer a wide selection of products to more Amazon Prime customers," added the executive. La Plaza de Dia offers Amazon Prime customers a wide variety of products, including fruits and vegetables, refrigerated items, non-perishable products, beauty and personal hygiene, household and pet supplies. Amazon Prime customers can choose between delivery options, including same-day delivery at no additional cost for orders over € 40, in two-hour delivery times between 10am and 10pm, Monday through Saturday.

FINES FOR HALLOWEEN Penalties of up to 30,000 euros for celebrating Halloween parties. Alicante mounts a police device to control meetings in the street and in houses The Halloween parties that were traditionally celebrated in the streets of Alicante have been suspended due to the health measures decreed by the Generalitat Valenciana to prevent coronavirus infections. The City Council warns that non-compliance with the permitted capacity limits and the organization or participation in meetings, parties or any other type of act, both private and public, that involve an agglomeration or group of people is classified as a serious offense ( more than six) that prevents the adoption of security measures. Those who do not comply with this rule face penalties of between 601 euros and 30,000 euros, amounts that can rise to 300,000 euros in case of repetition. To prevent these behaviors, the Local Police will mount an operation over the weekend with a hundred agents.

RECAP Flu cases down 98% Why? Don’t spread rumours like “be aware there’s a covid outbreak in this town” or “I hear these two confirmed cases on our urb” or “please its really bad out there in theres sick people in our community” ! All just rumours destroying people’s businesses in these areas. The people who are saying it are the snitches in the community, just what the governments asked for! Valencia border open but may close a few towns and villages off! But you can’t go to IKEA In Murcia! That’s deffo a no go! Taxis with no passengers, no business no money yet still have to pay their self-employed stamps of 300 a month! Note the 2 (sad) deaths in Orihuela! Check them out, their age and illnesses! The Politicians get richer, pay themselves more bonuses and party on, we get poorer and poorer! Nice flights to Tenerife! Watch out the great DIGITAL transformation is happening in front of your eyes as Sabadell sack 2000 people and will make you do your own online banking. Cash is slowly disappearing! More digital crap! Soon you won’t be allowed out to go to the supermarket as they will also be digital! Amazon will deliver your groceries for you! Halloween cancelled as well, up to 30k fine for saying Booo! Anyone else getting really pissed off yet?