The Government rectifies and recommends teleworking in Barcelona next week during the Pope’s visit “due to possible impacts on citizen mobility.” The Catalan executive made public this Saturday the Civil Protection Plan of Catalonia (Procicat) for the days of Pope Leo XIV’s visit, Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 of next week, and finally recommends that residents or employees of the province of Barcelona who can, telework. The recommendation, which the Government did not make two weeks ago when presenting the visit’s arrangements, but which the communities of Madrid and the Canary Islands, also destinations of the papal trip, did make. This week it was again dismissed.
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The teleworking recommendation by the Government affects workers in the province and those who move or enter and leave it to go to their workplace. “It affects workers who reside in the regions of the province of Barcelona and have to travel to a workplace outside these regions; those who reside outside the province of Barcelona but must travel to a workplace in the province of Barcelona and also those who, residing in the province of Barcelona, have their workplace in the same province,” the note indicates.
In a note, the Government reports that the Generalitat’s Civil Protection will activate PROCICAT coinciding with Pope Leo XIV’s visit and that it will be centralized from the Catalonia Emergency Coordination Center in contact with the CECOR of Barcelona, in which security and emergency forces participate, and that of Montserrat mountain. Transport operators, telecommunications, and emergency and security bodies will be present in the operation.
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Civil Protection details specific recommendations, from consulting schedules, locations or mobility to reach events, to carrying water or sunscreen. As a general rule, it reminds that moving on foot or by public transport is the best option, as well as planning trips in advance, wearing comfortable clothes and shoes, using cotton clothing and protecting the skin and head from the sun.
The advice also includes seeking shaded areas, carrying water to hydrate, agreeing on a meeting point to go to with companions if the group disperses, and identifying emergency exits or evacuation routes. It also reminds that children or vulnerable people must be identified, with their name and contact phone number of the person accompanying them. Finally, it recommends not attending with pets or climbing on lampposts or railings.