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ARCHIVED - President of Valencia region says impact of new restrictions will be evaluated in 10 days
Ximo Puig has not ruled out further measures across the region's three provinces, including Alicante.
The president of the Valencian government has stressed the evolution of the pandemic in the region is "delicate at the moment" as a soaring incidence rate (now 357) leads to curfews and other measures in 32 municipalities, and has asked for "about 10 days" to evaluate the impact of the restrictions.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Ximo Puig said he hopes August "will be as normal as possible", but admitted it's too early to say whether the limitations on mobility and social gatherings will have the desired effect.
Puig told the press that hospital pressure in the region "is still manageable" but continues to increase and decrease, though the "lethality" has dropped considerably, "which means the situation is better than a few months ago."
"The first thing to do is to observe the impact of the measures that have been taken in about 10 days", he said, which means before Monday, July 26.
Asked whether new measures will be imposed if the situation worsens, Puig said it was impossible "to speculate what will happen", and once all the data is analysed "a decision will be made".
"The pandemic is present, and we must be extremely cautious. It is very important that co-responsibility, which is what helped us to get out of the wave of this year continues as this, together with vaccinations, is what will help us to arrive, sooner rather than later, to a better situation in August."
The rise in infections and 14-day cumulative incidence rate is higher amongst young people, with 50 per cent of new cases detected in people under 30-years-old.
As such, the government and local authorities are clamping down on botellon drinking sessions, with offenders facing fines of up to €30,000.
"Some fines have already been issued," said Puig, but stressed the government is not taking a "collecting" approach, instead the sanctions are intended to protect the health of young people taking part in illegal drinking sessions regardless of the consequences on their families and friends".
"Unfortunately, we are seeing cases of people who are very serious or even dying, due to infection by another person who has not had a responsible attitude. Sanctions are the last resort; we do not want to impose them, we want the rules to be complied with to protect people's health".
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