By Cathy Elelman • Published: 02 Apr 2020 • 15:00
INACCESSIBLE: Villagers are currently blocked from filling up on drinking water at the fountain CREDIT: Mojacar Informa Facebook
THE coronavirus crisis has now forced the closure of Mojacar’s public fountain, traditionally the very heart of village life. “Due to the situation Covid-19 situation, for reasons of public safety and in regard to the declared State of Alarm, the authorities have been forced to close off access to the public fountain to prevent the gathering and movement of people in public places,” the local council has posted on Facebook, adding, “We are sorry for the inconvenience this will cause.”
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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