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Date Published: 02/04/2020

ARCHIVED - Mazarrón Mayor loses patience with second home owners ignoring lockdown orders

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Cases of Covid-19 have increased from 1 to 13 in a week in the Mazarrón municipality

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Mazarrón Mayor loses patience with second home owners ignoring lockdown orders

Intolerance of those breaching lockdown orders is increasing as the death toll rises.

The media has been working its butt off in extremely challenging conditions over the last few weeks to keep people informed about the current Covid-19 outbreak, ensuring that nobody can be in any doubt about the seriousness of this outbreak, the danger it poses to the general public, the high risk of contamination through ANY contact and the rising death toll.

Here in Spain we had 102,000 cases yesterday and 9,053 deaths recorded as of lunchtime. Today it is highly likely that the death count will creep over the 10,000 mark, so there can be no doubt that this virus is a dangerous adversary and it requires the co-operation of ALL of us to limit its spread

One of the biggest problems coastal areas have been facing is the number of second home- owners who have been driving here, putting the local population at risk. Most of the major outbreaks of Covid-19 are in the cities, and these are the people who own holiday homes here.

The first lockdown of the Costa Cálida occurred following the mass migration of families from Madrid three weeks ago tomorrow after schools were shut down but since then the problem has been more local, with families from Cartagena city and Murcia city driving to the coast at the weekend.

Police have increased the number of roadblocks and have been stopping drivers, but during the last two weekends a considerable number of people have still been arriving at their holiday homes on the coast.

The Mayor of Mazarrón has issued a “Bando” warning that increased fines will be issued to anyone found to be breaching the national State of Emergency and travelling to second residences in the municipality.

Local police and Guardia Civíl will be mounting additional patrols and roadblocks at the weekend in order to carry out more intensive checks, although the issuing of a Bando is little more than political hot air if the police don´t respond to the calls of residents reporting the arrival of “weekenders” as has been the case for the last two weeks.

So if your neighbours arrive for a weekend break putting you and your family at increased risk from contagion, call the police and make sure they know about it.

LOCKDOWN MEANS LOCKDOWN!

Remember: STAY AT HOME. STAY SAFE AND DO YOUR BIT TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.

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Sensible precautions

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- Wash hands frequently with either soap and water or a sanitiser gel

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