{"id":229216,"date":"2020-10-19T11:42:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=229216"},"modified":"2020-10-19T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:42:53","slug":"havana-scenes-from-a-particular-de-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-scenes-from-a-particular-de-escalation\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana: scenes from a particular de-escalation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Havana<\/span><\/a> is already experiencing its new de-escalation. Its own, the particular one. Since last Monday, the city entered phase 3 of the post-COVID-19 recovery stage, after reporting an improvement in its epidemiological indicators. Its inhabitants seem to have taken the pulse of that awaited moment quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The capital is currently the only Cuban province in this phase, in which \u201ca greater standardization of services and productive activities is envisaged, bringing those considered to be of lower risk to normal, keeping the measures to reduce it in place,\u201d according to <\/span>the new strategy<\/span><\/a> for confronting the pandemic on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A hairdresser resumes his private business in Havana, during the post-COVID-19 de-escalation. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, due to the complexities involved in the territorial characteristics\u2015 a street is often just the boundary between two municipalities\u2015and the population density of Havana, its authorities chose to launch <\/span>their own recovery plan<\/span><\/a> in which, at least for the moment, not all the measures originally planned for phase 3 of the de-escalation will be applied.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, for example, regular flights are suspended throughout October, while trips by buses and trains to other provinces will begin next week. Neither can gyms in closed premises, nor bars, nightspots, discos and party rooms function; while previously established capacity restrictions for public transportation, restaurants and swimming pools remain in effect.<\/span><\/p>\n