The possible extension of the "State of Alarm" to 10 May leads to further cancellations
The possible extension of the "State of Alarm" to 10 May leads to further cancellations
The Royal Nautical Club of Barcelona has decided in principle to postpone the Count of Godó (Photo Oscar Torrades)
The candle continues to resist in all areas: cruise sailing competitions, light sailing races or simply in the recreational field because it cannot navigate. The comments of the Minister of Health that the main national media and the digital media last minute that "it is not possible for him to guarantee that on April 26 the so-called Alarm States will be concluded..." has aroused a new wave in which we are wrongly expected to fix this in two weeks...
As an example in Galicia the Bouzas Maritime Liceo has asked the Royal Galician Federation of Sailing that its most emblematic race, the traditional "Return to the Cis Islands" for single sailors and A2, can be delayed to September 26 and become part of the Abanca Week... in Barcelona the Royal Nautical Club has decided to delay to the month of July, to the 16th to the 19th, its great race... the Count of Godó Trophy to fulfil its 47th anniversary... in very tallinn terms: "If the authorities allow it."
In La Coruña it is a thread that the Tall Ships Race, which begins on July 2 having planned its arrival in Galician waters from 24 to 27 of the same month... with departure from Cadiz, and scales in Lisbon and Dunquerque... can be celebrated. There appear to be several participating ships, which have declined their participation; and the organizers already admit that everything is getting complicated.
The statements of the Minister of Health
Minister Illa said at his appearance at the Congress Health Committee that we are in the hard time of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain and that it was not time to talk about relaxation in the measures taken, including the confinement: This is not the time to call for relaxation, we would be wrong.. Although not denying that from April 26 there may be a gradual return to normal life, it did not want to close any scenario, hence the possibility of a further extension of the state of alarm in Spain to May 10 is an option that is still on the table.
President Sánchez at the Congress of Deputies today
The state of alarm will most likely have to be extended beyond 26 April. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has admitted that he will most likely appear before Congress in 15 days to request a third extension of this exceptional situation, although the Lower House is still discussing the second extension, which has not yet been voted on. The head of the Executive has not made any progress on what measures this new state of alarm will entail or whether it will include general home confinement, although in his previous intervention he did stress that the return to normal will be progressive and phased. In this regard, Sánchez has recognized that the focus of contagion is now at home and that there are discrepancies among scientists as to how to lift the isolation.
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