Corona: More deaths in Spain than in China - French Prime Minister expresses serious fear

The corona virus has Europe under control. In Spain and France, the death toll is increasing rapidly. The developments in the ticker.

• The corona virus * dominates the world.
• Some countries in Europe are already in a state of emergency .
• Now Spain also sees itself at its borders.
• Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus and the corona news from Germany. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.
  

Update of March 25, 4:34 pm: The French government has committed its citizens to a "long effort" in the face of the coronavirus crisis .

Corona in France: "Only at the beginning of a crisis"

"It is the health emergency that concerns us all today, but it is also - and will continue to be - an economic and social shock," said Prime Minister Edouard Philippe Wednesday after the government meeting chaired by President Emmanuel Macron .

"We are only at the beginning of the crisis," said Philippe. Everyone should now work together to absorb the effects of the crisis.

The government had adopted 25 regulations in various areas during the Council of Ministers - a record, the prime minister said.

France has had strict exit restrictions for over a week. They were originally scheduled for 15 days. "We will announce in the next few days how we want to implement the recommendations of the Science Council," said government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye. The latter had recommended exit restrictions for a period of six weeks .

Corona in France: up to 6,000 prisoners could be released early

Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet announced that certain processes will be held via video conference or phone. In addition, up to 6,000 prisoners could be released early to reduce the health risks associated with overcrowding in prisons during the coronavirus crisis. Belloubet emphasized that there would be no early release for those convicted of terrorist offenses, domestic violence or the most serious crimes.

Corona in Spain: Infected patients escape from clinic - more deaths than in China

Update of March 25, 12.30 p.m .: After Italy, Spain has now reported more deaths from the coronavirus pandemic than China . By Wednesday noon , the death toll had risen to 3,434 , the health authorities said .

The day before, there were just under 2700. In China, the number was around 3150 on Wednesday.

In Madrid alone, the epicenter of the epidemic in Spain, the number of deaths rose by almost 300 to more than 1,800 within 24 hours. More than half of all deaths were recorded in the capital.

Corona in Spain: stadium becomes morgue

Update of March 25, 9.40 a.m .: The situation in Spain continued to deteriorate overnight. After just over 40,000 people were infected and more than 2,700 fatalities were reported on Tuesday evening , the tense situation in the country continued.

Numerous corona patients flee from the hospitals. National Police Director Jose Ángel González said at a press conference on Tuesday that there have been several cases in various hospitals.

This unnecessarily does the security authorities “huge work” to find these patients and bring them back to the hospitals.

Corona in Spain: 80 arrests in 24 hours

González also complained that in addition to such patients, there were "quite a few irresponsible" citizens who violated the curfew. In the past 24 hours alone, 80 "irresponsible and unsolidary" people had to be arrested as part of the so-called alarm state, González said on Tuesday.

Coronavirus in Spain: ice stadium becomes a morgue

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Corona in Spain: stadium becomes morgue - France now has 1,100 deaths

Update from 9:35 p.m .: In France , 1,100 people who tested positive for the coronavirus * have died as a result. According to the French Ministry of Health, 240 more people have died of the lung disease Covid-19 caused by the virus within the past 24 hours.

According to Jérôme Salomon , Director General of the Ministry of Health, 2,516 patients are in intensive care units - 434 more people than the day before. In total, more than 10,100 patients have been treated for Covid-19 in hospital so far. The curfew in France was expanded due to the increasing numbers, physical exercise outdoors is only permitted under strict conditions .

Meanwhile, heir to the throne Prince Charles has been tested positive for the corona virus, as merkur.de * reports.

Corona virus in Spain: military offers NATO support

Update from 20.35: Spain is one of the hot spots in Europe alongside Italy . The country has nearly 40,000 people infected with the coronavirus *, and in the past 24 hours 514 more people have died of the lung disease Covid-19 . Now the Spanish military asked NATO for support.

The Spanish armed forces have called for "international aid" to help get medical care in the country's critical situation, the military alliance said on Tuesday. Madrid asked the organization for 500,000 test kits , 500 ventilators and 1.5 million surgical masks and 450,000 respirators.

Read also: Munich reports further fatalities - the number of infected continues to increase every day.

Coronavirus in Spain: 5,400 healthcare workers infected

Although a strict curfew came into effect a week and a half ago, both the number of infected and fatalities continues to increase in Spain. On Tuesday, the country reported a total of almost 2,700 deaths. The many sick people had brought the medical system to the brink of collapse , plus the fact that around 5,400 healthcare workers tested positive for the virus. They make up about twelve percent of all infected people.

España pide ayuda a la OTAN para combatir el coronavirus https://t.co/AJ2xOckPOL pic.twitter.com/OXCajai1DC

In order to counteract the dramatic developments, the nationwide curfew should now be extended until April 11th . Head of state Pedro Sánchez wants to submit an application to the parliament. It is "absolutely essential that we continue to fight the virus to win this fight," said government spokeswoman María Jesús Montero. "These are infinitely difficult days," she admitted.

Since March 14, leaving the apartment in Spain is only allowed to get to work, do groceries, get medication, or walk the dog.

Spain under the spell of the corona virus: ice rink becomes a morgue

First report from March 24, 5:34 p.m .: Madrid - The search for a suitable drug against the globally spreading coronavirus is increasingly a race against time . Many countries are just before or in the middle of a state of emergency . After Italy, Spain also sees itself at its borders. At the Spanish epicenter Madrid , there were more than 12,300 people infected with Covid-19 on Tuesday. Nationwide, 2,700 corona deaths have already been recorded. More than half of them were in Madrid alone. The government had to take tragic measures .

In fact, people in #Spain had hoped that the country-wide curfew imposed in mid-March would soon be effective in the fight against the #Corona virus. That's not the case. The high death rate shocked at home and abroad.

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Coronavirus in Spain: increasing number of deaths overwhelms the country

According to the German press agency, the ice stadium in Madrid was converted into a morgue due to the rapidly increasing number of corona deaths. The first coffins would probably arrive there later in the day, the mayor of the Spanish capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida , told RTVE on Tuesday. "It was a painful decision, but it was necessary because the funeral directors are overloaded," said the conservative politician. How long the corpses had to be kept on the 1800 square meter ice surface of the "Palacio de Hielo", the "Ice Palace", one could also not say.

Coronavirus in Spain: increasing number of deaths overwhelms the country

In addition to Italy, Spain is particularly hard hit by the Corona crisis in Europe. The number of infected people continues to rise every day. Around 6,500 new cases have been registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to about 40,000, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday in its daily balance sheet.

The Spanish authorities hope that the crisis will culminate this week thanks to the strict measures with far-reaching restrictions on freedom of movement for the almost 47 million Spaniards.

jbr with material from dpa

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