As of midnight 9th May the state of emergency disappears and with it the curfew and the restriction of movement within Spain. Andalusia has announced our path to normality which is set out in three phases:

Phase 1 Stabilization from 9th May to 31st May

Phase 2 Advance from 31st May to 21st June

Phase 3 Normalization 21st June

We will have a look in more detail to the phase of Stabilization which has just started:

• The state of emergency disappears and with it the curfews.
• Andalusia opens up it borders for free movement.
• Bars and restaurants can remain open until midnight and maximum of 8 people per table indoors and 10 outdoors.
• Celebrations like wedding can have a maximum capacity of 300 indoors and 500 outdoors.
• Late nite bars and discos can stay open until 2am and have a maximum of 8 people per table indoors and 10 outdoors. Dance floors only in the exterior and mask must be work as long as that municipality is in level 1.
• Cinema, Theatre, sporting events where the municipality is in level 1-2 there must be an empty seat between spectators and in level 3-4 there must be a minimum distance of 1.5 metres between spectators.
• Beaches and Swimming pool: No time limits, there will be a specific protection plan in place for the summer season like that of 2020 and a distance of 1.5 metres must be maintained between groups.
• Only in town over 5,000 with an incidence of over 1,000 will a restriction of mobility be imposed.

Andalusia continues to lead the way in the vaccination plan and have just broken the one million barrier (1,029,757) for people who have completed their vaccination cycle. Andalusia has set a goal that when we enter phase 3 that 70% of the population will have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 40% of the population will have completed their jabs.