Euskadi will go on Monday to phase 2 of the de-escalation, according to the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, at the press conference after the extraordinary Council of Ministers this Friday.
In addition to the three Basque provinces, Andalusia (Almería, Córdoba, Cádiz, Huelva, Jaén and Seville), Aragón (Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel), Asturias, the Balearic Islands (Ibiza, Menorca and Mallorca), the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma) and Cantabria.
Also Castilla-La Mancha (Guadalajara and Cuenca), Extremadura (Cáceres and Badajoz), Galicia (Lugo, La Coruña, Orense and Pontevedra), Murcia, Navarra, La Rioja, and Ceuta and Melilla. In Catalonia, the Camp de Tarragona, Terres de l ‘+ Char (39) +’ Ebre and Alt Pirineu sanitary zones will change to phase 2.
In total, 47% of the population of Spain will enter this phase, 22 million people, according to Illa
The minister has congratulated all the autonomies for the “tremendous and good work they have been doing” to advance phase, either at 1 or, as in the aforementioned communities, at 2.
A congratulation that has been extended to all citizens for their “seriousness and responsibility” when it comes to complying with security measures.
However, he has warned that “each step” that is taken “must be a safe step, since the de-escalation process is” complex and difficult “, which is why he has urged compliance with health recommendations
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