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| Mayor José Ballesta has presented the initiative, which seeks to sensitize the young public to the risks involved in not respecting the safety distance | The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, presented this morning the 'You choose to be responsible' campaign, launched by the City Council to prevent infections among young people.

This new initiative seeks to create awareness among the young public of the risks involved in not respecting the safety distance, because, as detailed by Ballesta, "in addition to calm and tranquility, we must appeal to the responsibility of citizens."The start of this campaign is one of the issues that has been discussed in the meeting of the COVID Monitoring Committee, in which Mayor Ballesta has marked 15 strategic lines for the return of activity in September.

All actions to be developed will be governed by the principles of transparency, information and social cohesion.At the end of the meeting, Ballesta has detailed that "the City Health Service has perfectly located all active cases in the municipality.

All the resources of the Department are activated to stop the pandemic."Support from Social Services and Local PoliceThe first mayor has also highlighted that both the Social Services and the Local Police are in permanent coordination with the Health Area to monitor compliance with the prescribed quarantines and to provide support to families in need.Since July 18, Local Police agents have issued 2,679 fines for not wearing the mask and have denounced 28 locals for complying with the existing capacity and closing time limits.The mayor has also explained that during the weekends the concentrations of people that used to occur in points of Barriomar, La Fica and the surroundings of the Rmbla de Torreagüera have been avoided.

Ballesta has detailed that "we have made this determination to avoid situations that can lead to the spread of the virus in our municipality."Request for the closure of the Beniaján and Cabezo de Torres day centersSimilarly, the first mayor of Murcia has reported that the Department of Social Rights and Family has recommended to the Murcian Institute of Social Action (IMAS) the closure of the day-stay centers of Beniaján and Cabezo de Torres.

The 76 centers for the elderly that exist in the municipality remain closed.As for municipal workers, more than a thousand have received training and prevention courses against COVID, especially those who perform face-to-face care positions.

The Prevention Service has proceeded to review all the City Council offices.

In addition, the Personnel Area has installed all the necessary means of protection, such as 500 partitions.Specific signage'You choose to be responsible' seeks visual impact.

A diving mask, a towel on the beach and a festival bracelet will share the limelight in the posters that have been designed, along with a respirator, a bed and another bracelet, in this case, the kind that are put on the wrist at the people admitted to a hospital.

This composition is intended to raise awareness among young people that they are the owners of their decisions, but these can have negative effects if they are not taken properly.The campaign presented this morning will be supported by other media, such as radio, print and social media, where young people interact on a daily basis.

This campaign is part of the set of measures that the Murcia City Council has put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19 in the municipality.Meeting of the Public Health CommitteeIn the coming days, the Public Health Committee will also meet to assess the situation in the municipality.

The Health Area will prepare periodic reports and channel the recommendations established by the health authorities and their correct application in the municipality.Plan for starting the course in nursery schoolsFacing the start of the school year in September in nursery schools, the technicians have designed an action program against the coronavirus to start the teaching activity in these centers.In the action plan designed by the Government Team there are also measures related to mobility, the expansion of cleaning and disinfection tasks, the review of cultural, sports and recreational events that are planned and the promotion of public bidding.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia