Date Published: 09/12/2020
ARCHIVED - Opening of bars and restaurants in the Murcia Region; breakdown by municipality
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All bars and restaurants are allowed to open external terraces, but the interior area permitted to open varies from place to place
From today, Wednesday 9th December,most bars and restaurants in the Murcia Region are now permitted to serve food inside their premises as well as on external terraces and residents are once again permitted to move around between municipalities, so can look forward to lunch out in their favourite eateries once again!
There are only two exceptions; Los Alcázares and Torre Pacheco, in which the borders remain closed and the interiors of bars remain closed, although residents can now use the outdoor terraces of hostelries in these two municipalities.
The regional government operates a four-tier system according to the level of cases in each municipality, with restrictions varying depending on the current situation in each
.
The curfew from 23:00 until 06:00, limit on the size of a group permitted to meet as 6 people and regional perimeter border closure are maintained.
Extreme transmission areas ( shown as red on the map)
Interiors must remain closed and no service is permitted from inside the premises
Terraces may open to 100% capacity
Take-away and delivery service permitted
Masks must be worn when not actively eating or drinking
2 metre distancing between tables
Shops are only permitted to open to 50% of their total capacity.
This only covers Los Alcázares and Torre Pacheco. Furthermore, residents from these two municipalities are not permitted to cross the borders of their municipality this week.Everywhere else, the municipal borders have now re-opened.
Very high transmission areas (shown in yellow)
Bars can only open 30% of internal capacity:
Terraces open 100%
No food may be consumed at the bar
Take-away service can be offered
Masks must be worn when not actively eating or drinking
2 metre distancing between tables
Shops are only permitted to open to 50% of their total capacity.
Aledo, Albudeite, Yecla, Abanilla, Calasparra, Totana, Puerto Lumbreras, San Javier, Alhama de Murcia, Cehegín, Archena, San Pedro del Pinatar and Jumilla. In all of these localitions the incidence rate is considered to be very high (between 250 and 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants).
Medium /high transmission areas (shown in blue)
50% of internal bar/restaurant capacity can open:
Terraces open 100%
No food may be consumed at the bar
Masks must be worn when not actively eating or drinking
2 metre distancing between tables
Shops are only permitted to open to 50% of their total capacity.
Mazarrón, Alguazas, Villanueva, Caravaca, Cieza, Lorca, Fuente Álamo, Ricote, Aguilas, Cartagena, Pliego, Santomera, Blanca, Ceutí, Fortuna, Murcia, Ulea, Molina de Segura, Alcantarilla, La Unión, Las Torres de Cotillas and Moratalla.
In these areas the incidence rate is between 75 and 250 cases per 100,000
Low risk areas (shown in jade green)
Hostelries can open to 75% of internal capacity
Terraces open 100%
Food may be consumed at the bar
Masks must be worn when not actively eating or drinking
2 metre distancing between tables
This affects Beniel, Abarán, Bullas, Mula, Librilla, Lorquí, Ojós and Campos del Río.
The situation will once again be reviewed next Monday.