MADRID – The concert offered this Saturday by the Spanish singer Raphael in a multipurpose pavilion in Madrid generated debate and controversy on the networks for being held with about 5,000 attendees, when the contagion of COVID-19 rebounds in Spain and social relations are restricted.
The WiZink Center, where the international artist sang, assured this Sunday in a statement that all the measures required for the celebration of the event were met, and the mandatory space between seats was even doubled.
The theater thus comes out of the controversy generated in social networks about the decision to hold a massive event in a closed space when Christmas family gatherings have just been limited to six people from two different nuclei.
The center assures that “it was opened for the occasion, taking extreme health security measures to initiate the recovery of live music, transferring to society the message that culture is safe.”
The regional president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, also assured the press that the show was held with “all security measures”, although she announced that, if the incidence of the coronavirus increases, “all events of the same characteristics will be suspended. “.
The venue “has respected the limited capacity of 30%, renews the air every 12 minutes and has complied with all regulations,” he explained.
The WiZink statement states, however, that there were 4,368 people in the enabled seats, 25%, “when by regulation up to 40% of the capacity could have been activated.”
“I want to feel useful until the end of my life,” said the 90-year-old interpreter, emblematic of the golden age of Mexican cinema.
The total capacity of this installation, which can reach 17,400 spectators, made it possible to double the distance between attendees and, although the norm establishes a seat distance between the public, there were two.
In addition, remember those responsible, the concert’s security plan had the approval of the authorities.
Likewise, “the nearly 300 professionals who worked in the organization, hours before the concert began, underwent an antigen test to guarantee their status.”
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