| The facility has been divided into three occupation sectors, which will have independent entrance and exit, with a maximum occupancy of 150 (sector 1), 100 (sector 2) and 200 people (sector 3) respectively | The mayor of Jumilla, Juana Guardiola, and the Councilor for Works, Services and Cemetery, Francisco González, have informed today of the protocol prepared for the safe use of the Municipal Cemetery facilities for the 2020 All Saints festival, once the meeting of the preventive of security.
For its preparation, the guide prepared and published by the General Directorate of Public Health has been followed. The facility has been divided into three occupation sectors, each of which will have independent entrance and exit, with the maximum capacity being 150 (sector 1), 100 (sector 2) and 200 people (sector 3) respectively.
This capacity will be controlled at all times, from Friday, by Civil Protection volunteers and municipal custodians, who will be in charge of granting access to the facilities.
To change sectors, it will be mandatory to leave an area through its corresponding exit and move to the entrance of the other in order to have a realistic and updated control of the occupation in each area at all times of the day.
The use of the toilets will be limited to one person, except for specific needs. "At each entrance, different indicative plans will be placed with the space that each area comprises.
They will also be available from today on social networks and the City Council website.
In addition, we will also send them to the media with the aim that each citizens have foresight in which area their loved ones are and can organize their access to the facilities, "explained the area councilor. The opening hours until Saturday, October 31 will be from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
and from 3 p.m.
to 6 p.m., extending on Sunday, November 1 at night until 10 p.m.
As of Monday 2, the hours will be again from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
and from 3 p.m.
to 6 p.m. The two closing hours of noon will be used for the complete disinfection of the facilities, as well as cleaning common elements such as toilets and entrances.
Public water sources will be closed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday to prevent the proliferation of the tiger mosquito.
For the placement of flowers in niches and pantheons it is recommended to use wet sponges. As in previous years, vehicles will be able to access the Cemetery both through Cantarerías Street and through the Cemetery road, although it will only be possible to leave the same by this last route, which is the one that is recommended to use.There will be a large parking space next to the Cemetery, with an approximate capacity for 300 vehicles. Lighting of lights and mass for the dead The traditional lighting of lights in niches and pantheons moves exceptionally this year at 8 am on Sunday, November 1.
"Although given the situation this year the Cemetery is not open at night, the light will be on as a tribute to our deceased," Francisco González reported. After the conversations held in recent weeks with all the parish priests of the town, the mass for the dead will not be celebrated in the Cemetery facilities.
Each parish priest will do it in his parish of origin, with the following hours: Santiago church November 1 (11 am and 7 pm) 2 November (7pm) Church of El Salvador November 2 (8.30am, 5.30pm and 7.30pm) Church of San Juan November 2 (6pm and 7pm) Finally, the mayor has asked the public "to plan and space in time the arrangement of niches and pantheons, as well as the placement of lights, to avoid crowds on the last weekend."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla