(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 19 - "I do not contemplate confinement in the country". Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said this in an interview with La Sexta. "I think we have the tools to be able to tackle and bend the curve, and we can only do it by being united."
"Looking at the data, the situation is worrying", he admitted, noting however that in this phase more asymptomatic patients are detected and there is less mortality: "The system is much better prepared" than the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic.
Sanchez encouraged citizens to get vaccinated against the flu in the first two weeks of October. Meanwhile, on Monday he will participate in a meeting with the local authorities of the Community of Madrid, the most affected, to "help". (HANDLE).