Communiqué of the Council of Ministers of 1st April 1, 2021

1. The Council of Ministers today approved the decree that regulates the state of emergency decreed by the President of the Republic.

Pursuing the strategy of gradual lifting of measures in the context of the pandemic of the Covid-19, and taking into account the evaluation of the epidemiological criteria for the pandemic control, it was decided to reopen, on the 5th of April, the following activities:

1. 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic education in public, private and cooperative education establishments and in the social and solidarity sector;
2. ATL’s and study centers and the like, for students who are now resuming educational and teaching activities;
3. social facilities in the area of disability;
4. day care centers for the elderly;
5. retail and services establishments in establishments open to the public, with less than 200 m2 and door to the street;
6. museums, monuments, palaces and archaeological or similar sites, national, regional and municipal, public or private, as well as art galleries and exhibition halls. This equipment closes at 22: 30h on weekdays and at 13:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays;
7. Restaurants, cafés and snack bars for food service on terraces, with a limit of four people per table. These establishments must close at 22:30 on weekdays and at 13:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays;
8. Non-food related fairs and markets are allowed to operate, in addition to fairs and markets for food products, with the authorization of the mayor of the municipality with territorial authority, in accordance with the rules established;
9. low-risk physical and sports activities, as well as physical and sports activities in gyms, with group classes being prohibited;
10. practice of physical activity outdoors, in groups of up to four people;
11. in the scope of sports facilities, certain equipment can be opened: firing ranges; tennis courts, padel courts and the like; permanent circuits for motorcycles, automobiles and the like; velodromes; racecourses and similar tracks; gyms; athletics tracks and golf courses.