Because the corona numbers are rising rapidly on Mallorca, the government is taking countermeasures with restrictions. There is growing concern that the second Ballermann season will also be canceled.
Palma – Mallorca looked good in spring. Because of the few people infected with the corona virus *, it was possible to vacation on the Balearic island, which is popular with Germans. But now, just a few months later, “Malle” is becoming more and more of a worry. The RKI has declared the whole of Spain to be a corona risk area *.
Because the numbers are rising rapidly again, the authorities are facing problems. For example, close contacts between infected people can no longer be adequately traced. There is currently a total of 7,460 people infected with the virus in the Balearic Islands, which include Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, the newspaper Diario de Mallorca wrote on Tuesday.
Corona in Mallorca: Authorities have difficulties tracking contacts
Statistically, there would be five close contacts for every infected person – a total of 37,300 people who would have to isolate themselves for ten days. The authorities did not have enough staff to follow up so many contacts and to check whether people were adhering to the guidelines, it said.
The seven-day incidence * climbed to 322 in the Balearic Islands, according to Tuesday. The hospitals are filling up again. Four weeks ago, just 23 corona patients were treated, now there are 181. A few days earlier, Mallorca’s regional president had called the situation in the clinics “completely under control”.
Mallorca: Government restricts nightlife – restaurants have to be satisfied with fewer guests
Due to the critical development, the government of Mallorca is forced to tighten the reins again. From the coming weekend, stricter rules should apply again. However, these still have to be approved by the judiciary. In essence, the nightlife should be restricted again.
The government wants to ban gatherings and drinking bouts between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. Anyone who violates this must pay a fine of 1000 euros. The catering should close at 1 a.m., and in restaurants only eight people are allowed to sit outside instead of the previous twelve, and inside four instead of six. Parks and beaches should not be entered between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Lorenz Büffel: The omission of the second Mallorca season is life-threatening for many artists
Concerns are also growing at Ballermann because of the worrying development. “Two years without Mallorca is financially bad for any Ballermann artist, but it is also tough emotionally. I worked there for 15 years, inhaled island life there for seven months a year, and met my wife in the mega park. The elimination of the second season is threatening the very existence of many artists ”, singer Lorenz Büffel told Bild .
Colleague Isi Glück also says that careers are at risk if a second Mallorca season is missing. “I find it hard to believe that the second season in a row could now be dropped, it’s so unreal for me. I still want to believe that something small will be possible in terms of gigs on Mallorca this year. I’m missing a very, very big piece in my life, ”said the singer of the picture. A tourist in Mallorca died after a beating attack. (mt / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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