The acting mayor of Pamplona, Ana Elizalde, has announced the suspension of the Sanfeminas 2020 for the coronavirus pandemic. Peñas and many merchants took this decision for granted and on Tuesday the City Council confirmed, after requesting a report from the municipal legal services, who has the responsibility of suspending the festivities, if the mayor or the full of the municipal corporation.

Finally, the acting mayor, Enrique Maya, has announced on behalf of the acting mayor, who is still recovering from coronavirus disease.

In view of the impact of the pandemic in Euskal Herria, at the beginning of July it remains to be seen what measures the health authorities will take. However, it was foreseeable that these festivities, which brought together tens of thousands of people from all over the world, would have a very difficult future.

The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, has already announced that he wants to prolong the confinement until at least 9 May, two months before the Sanfermines begin.

The Director General of Health of Navarra calls for the suspension of the Sanfermines

This morning, the Director General of Health of Navarra, Carlos Artundo, dismissed celebrating this year’s festivities in an interview in Radio Euskadi. It has made it clear that attracting hundreds of thousands of people to Pamplona is not a good idea, as Navarre is hitting the disease in particular – 385 deaths this Monday –.

Artundo has ruled out delaying parties until September or another date, despite the fact that the City of Pamplona has analyzed this possibility and explained that no new parties will be held. The Director-General of Health has said that "this epidemic is a day to day" in which "work needs to be done" without making long-term announcements.