| Due to the insufficient protection equipment received by the Government of Spain, the municipal council will carry out this measure with its own means | The Puerto Lumbreras City Council will provide reusable masks to the entire population of the municipality, starting this week for those over 60, to whom 3,000 units will be delivered, and the next to children under 12, until they reach the totality of the 15,000 lumbrerenses.
Last week 4,000 of these protection elements were already distributed to the companies that restarted their activity and to local businesses, from the Ministry of Health. These masks have been purchased by the Puerto Lumbreras City Council from the local company Instacor, and are added to those made by volunteers, through the Alzheimer's Association of ALDEA and the Association of Women Friends Without Borders, and the distribution of They are carried out by Municipal Services, Civil Protection and volunteers, who will deliver them to the homes of older people, respecting all distance and security protocols. As of April 27, and once children under 12 have been authorized to go out into the street, the City Council will distribute reusable masks so that both the boy and girl and the adult accompanying them can leave their homes.
houses with maximum security.
The distribution points will be reported once the Central Government has confirmed this measure and how it will be articulated. "The Puerto Lumbreras City Council has decided to intensify the distribution of these masks to the entire population in the face of the passivity of the Government of Spain, since the 4,000 units transferred last week by the Government Delegation are insufficient to prevent possible contagion by COVID-19 The objective is that each lumbrerense has at least a mask, although the best preventive measure while the State of Alarm lasts is to stay at home, "says the Councilor for Health; Juan Rubén Burrueco.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras