Visual guide to de-escalation: dates, phases and all the keys to return to normality
From next May 4, Spain will take small steps to end confinement and revive the economy
The plan for the transition to the new normality that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has presented this Tuesday, contemplates a de-escalation of confinement and an economic revival with a different rhythm in each province or island, depending on the health and epidemiological situation. Although the Executive has not set specific dates for each phase, it has advanced that the intention is to extend it at most until the end of June, just before the strong summer season begins. This is what, until now, is known about each phase:
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It will go from phase to function based on markers such as capacity
health, the epidemiological situation and mobility and socioeconomic data.
Minimum 2 weeks
Minimum 2 weeks
Minimum 2 weeks
Situation
new normal
PHASE 0
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Preparation
Initial
Intermediate
Advanced
Preparation for
the de-escalation.
Partial start of
certain activities.
Opening of premises
with limited capacity.
Flexibility of
general mobility.
The measures will be maintained
hygiene and distancing.
Markers to change phase
They are the indicators that will serve for the territorial units —provinces or islands— to advance or go back in phase:
- Strategic capacities of the health system: primary care, situation of hospitals and ICU beds available.
- Epidemiological situation: diagnoses, infection rate and other indicators.
- Compliance with collective protection measures in the workplace, commerce and public transport.
- Evaluation of mobility and socioeconomic data.
Geographical scope
The territorial unit for the application of the phases are the provinces and the islands.
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The de-escalation will be asymmetric and without communication between provinces and islands. Territorial mobility will come in four phases.
On May 4, all the territories will enter Phase 0 minus four islands, which will enter Phase 1 before that date.
Formentera
La Graciosa
On May 4 they will enter Phase 1 Formentera (Balearic Islands) and La Graciosa, La Gomera and El Hierro (Canary Islands).
The iron
La Gomera
Calendar
Although no specific dates have been set, there is an approximate calendar. The four phases of the transition to the new normal plan will run until the end of June. A minimum period of two weeks will pass between each phase, which will be extended if the markers indicate so.
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April
May
June
Phase 0
Monday
Day 4
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Formentera, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa go to Phase I
The transition is estimated to last about eight weeks.
Two weeks
if the indicators
they allow it
Phases detail
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Situation
again
normal
PHASE 0
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Preparation
Initial
Intermediate
Advanced
Finals of
June.
• In hostelry , capacity restrictions will decrease, but with strict separation between the public.
• General mobility will be made more flexible .
• The occupation of spaces will be expanded , such as commerce, for example, up to 50% of its capacity.
• Discotheques and night bars with a maximum capacity of one third of the usual.
• Opening of beaches in safety and distance conditions.
• Bulls: with a capacity limitation that guarantees one person for every 9 square meters.
• Family walks.
• Sport individually.
• Individual training of professional and federated athletes and basic training of professional leagues.
• Opening of small premises by appointment for individual customer service. for example, food collection in restaurants.
• Social activities , such as home gatherings, are permitted , although the conditions remain to be determined.
• Opening of small businesses .
• Opening of terraces (occupancy up to 30%).
• Opening of hotels and tourist accommodation excluding common areas.
• Places of worship will have a 30% limitation.
• Agri-food and fishing sector .
• Medium training in professional leagues.
• Non-professional sport: for activities that do not involve physical contact or the use of changing rooms.
• Open-air markets, with distance conditions between the stalls.
• Cultural shows of less than 30 people indoors (with a third capacity) and less than 200 people outdoors.
• Visits to museums limited to one third of the capacity.
• Wake: for a limited number of attendees.
• Opening of restaurants for table service, with limited capacity.
• Trips to second residences, only if they are in the same province.
• Cinemas and theaters with a third of the capacity. You can visit monuments and exhibition halls.
• Cultural activities with less than 50 people seated. If they are outdoors, less than 400 people sit.
• Hunting and fishing.
• Educational centers (reinforcement, care for children under six and Selectivity).
• Reopening of shopping malls, prohibiting their stay in common areas or recreational areas.
• Weddings for a limited number of attendees.