Aragonès calls Sánchez’s measures “insufficient” before the sixth wave: “We have to go much further”

The answer falls short, depending on the territories. Several autonomies consider that the measures against the sixth wave announced by Pedro Sanchez this wednesday in the Conference of Presidents, such as recovery of outdoor masks and acceleration of booster doses, result “Insufficient & rdquor; to stop the escalation of infections, which on Tuesday registered their historical maximum in the pandemic so far: 49,823 new cases.

The ‘president’ of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, has been one of the leaders hardest during the appointment, according to sources present at the meeting. “I ask measures that go far beyond of those announced by the president. They are insufficient. We can’t wait to February or March, when we have the protection of the booster dose. it will happen too much time and in the meantime we will encounter an impact that can block and to collapse the health system & rdquor ;, has pointed out Aragonès, in favor of exporting to the rest of Spain the restrictions it has approved, such as closing nightlife, limiting capacity in bars and restaurants, reducing the number of diners at family gatherings to 10 and recovering curfew from 1 to 6 in the morning.

“Ómicron has changed the landscape. We must rretrieve measures that we do not like but that they are necessary & rdquor ;, continued the ‘president’, who has also insisted on the need to re-approve a covid fund to face the social and economic consequences of this sixth wave.

Urkullu and Feijóo

In the same vein, the Lendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, has confessed his “sorpresa” by the announced measures. “Incidence rates are the higher of the entire pandemic. The occupation and stress of primary care are evident. We should put in common criteria and measures & rdquor ;, said the president of Euskadi, a supporter of limit capacity in the hotel industry and social, cultural and sporting events, as well as prohibiting the bar consumption in bars and restaurants.

From the PP, the Galician Alberto Núñez Feijóo, He has advocated, contrary to what his party partner proposes Isabel Díaz Ayuso, President of the Community of Madrid, for prohibiting the massive New Year’s Eve dinners and the Three Kings parades. “Is it reasonable to have party favors in our country? I have my doubts. And the cavalcades, are they reasonable when children who are not vaccinated go? & Rdquor ;, Feijóo, a supporter, like Aragonès, has asked himself to recover the covid fund. Also the president of Murcia, Fernando Lopez Miras, he has criticized Sánchez, defending harsher measures than those announced by the chief executive.

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Socialist support

The socialist leaders, on the other hand, have supported Sánchez. “I agree with the measures announced by the president & rdquor ;, the Castilian-Manchego has pointed out. Emiliano Garcia-Page, which was one of the first in demanding the return of the masks abroad. Also the Valencian Ximo Puig has supported the initiative, without reaching harder ones, because “the situation is different now & rdquor ;, due to vaccination. Even so, Puig has been in favor of “agreeing to joint actions before the end of the year parties & rdquor ;.