Police helicopter hovers over Majorca beach ordering sunbathers to leave
BEACHGOERS were ordered to leave a Majorca beach by cops in a police helicopter in a coronavirus crackdown.
Parks are also being closed overnight in a bid to stop them being turned into party areas for youngsters following the closure of nightspots including discos.The helicopter spotted in the footage published locally flew over beaches in Palma and Calvia, the municipality which includes the Brit-popular resort ofThe video appeared to show some people holding up posters and angrily waving their arms at the chopper as if they felt the police move was a little over the top.
The footage emerged a day after regional health chiefs in the Balearic Islands revealed they were laying the ground for night-time curfews in the areas worst-affected by Covid-19. Regional health minister Patricia Gomez dropped the bombshell news at a press briefing on Thursday with Balearic Islands government president Francina Armengol.“The only thing we’re looking at doing is suspending social activity so we can halt the spread of the virus.”
Regional government officials started meeting with the mayors of the municipalities which face stricter Covid-19 controls from Friday.The legislative framework enabling the regional government to put in place the measures it is planning is due to be approved today at a council meeting but will have to be ratified by the courts.
Figures laid bare by local paper Diario de Mallorca last week showed just how bad the second wave had been, highlighting the fact that the 2,470 new Covid-19 cases in the last week of August in the Balearic Islands had nearly matched the 2,612 cases registered in the six month to the start of August.
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