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\n\tSee how the year developed from March to the current situation we find ourselves in.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t
MARCH 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n On 4 March, the first case was confirmed. The infected was a person who had travelled from Northern Italy via M\u00e1laga Airport. The patient was in self-isolation. On 7 March, the patient was tested negative and was allowed to end the self-isolation. At this point, in Gibraltar a further 63 were in self-isolation.<\/p>\n Total social lockdown began on 24 March, with certain exceptions for essential workers and businesses, over 70’s having already entered lockdown.<\/p>\n As of 27 March, 42 people had tested positive for COVID-19 in Gibraltar, including two workers from the Elderly Residential Services at Mount Alvernia.<\/p>\n At the end of March a Florence Nightingale Field Hospital with 192 beds was completed on the Europa Point Sports Complex.<\/p>\n\t APRIL 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n General lockdown extended to 22 May, Gibraltar having on 23 April 4 active cases with 129 people having recovered. Over 2,000 tests having been carried out.<\/p>\n\t MAY 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n On 9 May the border with Spain was opened to Spanish residents who held non-essential employment contracts in Gibraltar to allow them to return to work. Many businesses in Gibraltar having been allowed to reopen from 4 May.<\/sup><\/p>\n By 14 May, 147 cases were registered but with 144 recovered and no deaths.<\/p>\n\t JUNE\/JULY 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n As of 1 June there were 12 active cases in Gibraltar with a further 7 cross border workers living in Spain also testing positive. 7,644 swabs had been undertaken, those confirmed positive were 170, with 19 active and 151 recovered. <\/sup>As of 22 June there were no active cases, 176 cases had recovered and 11,129 tests had been carried out.<\/sup> An active case was located on 27 June.<\/p>\n A contact App<\/a> \u201cBEAT Covid Gibraltar\u201d was released on 18 June available through both Apple and Google with the objective to “reduce the further transmission of the COVID-19 virus by informing App users that they have been close to a person who has tested positive.”[17]<\/a><\/sup> Alerts are sent for close contact of another App user who has been within 2 metres of an infected person for 15 minutes or more.<\/p>\n\t AUGUST 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n As of 17 August there were 19 active cases (17 residents, 2 visitors), 217 confirmed cases and 194 recovered. 215 were currently in isolation, 27,458 tests had been undertaken.<\/p>\n\t SEPTEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n By 2 September there were 42 active cases (42 residents, 0 visitors) with 295 confirmed cases and 240 recovered. 206 were in isolation and 35,256 tests had been undertaken.<\/sup><\/p>\n From 8 September a ban on gatherings of over 20 people in most circumstances was introduced with a fine of \u00a3100 applicable, although this can escalate to \u00a310,000 with 3 months in prison.<\/p>\n <\/sup> As of 20 September, there were 21 active cases (21 residents, 0 visitors) with 350 confirmed cases and 323 recovered. 172 were in isolation and 42,458 tests had been undertaken.<\/sup><\/p>\n\t OCTOBER 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n With increasing numbers of positive tests giving concern and to avoid another lockdown, the government announced it would increase capacity for tests to 1,000 per day with a saliva test for school users and workers every 2 weeks.<\/sup><\/p>\n On the 8th October, masks were made mandatory for anyone outside school gates.<\/p>\n Elderly Resident Services placed in lockdown, from 23 October groups will be reduced to 16, in restaurants a limit of 8 per table, less tables and last orders 11pm, in bars last orders 9pm and close at 10pm.<\/p>\n On the 27th YGTV announced the new mandatory mask-wearing laws in Main Street, Irish Town and the surrounding streets.<\/p>\n The law made it punishable by law to remove or even pull-down the mask for the purposes of eating, drinking, smoking or any other reason unless seated at a licensed food outlet.<\/p>\n Halloween was effectively cancelled on the Rock as GoG advise people not to go out.<\/p>\n\t NOVEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n The first death was recorded on 11 November, <\/sup>the second on the 17 November & the third on 19 November, all three in Gibraltar\u2019s Elderly Residential Service.<\/p>\n The fourth death was in his 60’s and the fifth in his 40’s, both with significant underlying health problems.<\/p>\n On the 18th November new guidelines on students having to wear masks in schools, dependent on their year.<\/p>\n\t DECEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n Xmas looks set to be one of the least festive on record as rumours of limited turkey sizes being made available run riot, reportedly to deter large family gatherings.<\/p>\n The rule still applies that no more than 8 people may sit at the same table in a restaurant and a maximum of 16 people will be allowed to be in the same household at any one time.<\/p>\n the month is still young……<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EVENTS TIMELINE See how the year developed from March to the current situation we find ourselves in. MARCH 2020 On 4 March, the first case was confirmed. The infected was a person who had travelled from Northern Italy via M\u00e1laga Airport. The patient was in self-isolation. 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