As the Andalusian Council new restrictions came into force today so did a number of new measures introduced by Ayamonte Town Hall. The period for these measures will be at least from today 16th January until 31st January.

• All cultural events where general public could attend in both eh Cardenio Theatre and the Casa Grande have been cancelled until further notice.
• Al Municipal Sports Facilities have been closed. Local market and the set of stalls has been suspended (No Saturday market).
• All Playgrounds and parks have been closed until further notice.
• All licences for any event which entails spectators or general public meeting be it in open air or municipal building have been revoked.

The Town Hall has also made the following recommendations:

• Avoid being in public establishments and venues for longer than is strictly necessary and bearing in mind the mandatory social distance at all times.
• Limit travel as much as possible, advising the utmost caution in this regard.
• Remember the obligation to limit meetings in public and private spaces to the maximum number of people (currently 4), as established by the by the Junta de Andalucía.
• Follow at all times the indications issued by the competent health authorities on protection measures, remembering the permanent use of masks and complementary hygiene measures.

It is of little surprise to most that these measures have been adopted as the first 15 days of 2021 has seen double digit growth in all surrounding towns except for Villablanca which has only seen 7% of all cases in 2021.

Andalusia continues to report high numbers with 5,850 new cases today. Huelva reported the lowest with 378 but is now seeing a surge in hospitalizations, The good news is that there were no new patients for ICU and no deaths from Huelva hospitals in the last 24 hours. 83 people were declared cured today bringing the number in Huelva to 10,144. There are 2,219 Covid patients in Andalusian hospitals and 349 of those are in intensive care.