| An emergency health operation has been ordered through a private company hired by the Autonomous Community and a security reinforcement that also has the involvement of the Delegation of the Government | The Mayor of Mazarrón, Gaspar Miras, and the Deputy Mayor, Ginés Campillo, this morning launched a message of tranquility to the residents of Mazarrón after the events of the 'El Peñasco' residence managed by the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia .
As the mayor has announced, "there are no active cases of coronavirus within the residence" where the Ministry of Women, Equality, LGTBI, Families and Social Policy confined several homeless on the occasion of the State of Alarm. The eviction of 'El Peñasco' began yesterday with the transfer of 15 of the inmates to their points of origin.
Upon arrival in Murcia, a rapid test was performed that gave 9 positives for antibodies, so from the Autonomous Community it was decided to bring them back to Mazarrón, as explained by Gaspar Miras, who this morning confirmed that, after performing the pertinent PCR tests to the 9 positives, to the rest of the inmates and care staff of the residence; they have all given negative.
Therefore, the 9 affected are inactive cases that at some point passed the disease asymptomatically. Likewise, last night, rapid tests were also carried out on Civil Guard and Local Police officers who during these months have had some type of contact or some type of relationship with users and with people in the residence.
In this case the tests have also given negative.
Inside the residence, users of the center have also been separated into three groups.
One of positive antibody cases, another of people with drug addiction problems and a third group of the rest. The mayor of Mazarrón has thus sent a message of tranquility "since from the Autonomous Community a sanitary operation has been arranged through a private emergency company hired by the regional government that ensures that the situation is controlled and they have transmitted tranquility to us, thus security device to guarantee both the confinement and the closing and closing of the center ".
A device in which the Government Delegation in Murcia also participates as regards security personnel.
In fact, both agencies have determined to increase their presence at this point during the process of transferring inmates. This eviction, as the Autonomous Community has transferred to the City Council, will be carried out during the next week.
During this period, the security device will be maintained with the aforementioned reinforcements for health emergencies and by agents of the security forces and bodies, testing being carried out throughout this time to verify that there are no active cases.
Some measures, like the reinforcement of security in the center, have been demanded by the mayor of Mazarrón "both from the Autonomous Community that is responsible for the center and from the Government Delegation, both showing their full involvement that we hope will be materialize in the coming days during the move.
" The deputy mayor, Ginés Campillo, added that "we know that we are on health alert and what we do not want to occur in a social alarm." The mayor stressed that "the people of Mazarrón have always shown solidarity with all causes and with this has also been but", Campillo has pointed out, "solidarity cannot be placed before the security of Mazarrón and if, in In my opinion, someone who does not meet these standards will have to leave the municipality because more people can be put at risk.
" Campillo has also made a request that the eviction in the next few days be carried out in complete safety "more if by the Autonomous Community and the Government Delegation, each in their part, they put the means to there are no security problems both inside and outside the residence, which is what we are going to demand from both of them " "Mazarroneros also have the right to have that health security that the neighbors have maintained with our effort in the municipality to give the data that we have given to date" continued Campillo who has extrapolated that responsibility "to which people who are thinking of come from outside the Region of Murcia.
That responsibility is also for them so that we are not harmed, "said the mayor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón / Foto: archivo