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Corona virus in Spain: tightened curfew comes into effect - more than 85,000 infections

2020-03-31T03:36:54.696Z


Like Italy, Spain is severely affected by the corona virus. The number of infected people and deaths increases every day. The developments in the news ticker.


Like Italy, Spain is severely affected by the corona virus. The number of infected people and deaths increases every day. The developments in the news ticker.

  • The corona virus * causes devastating proportions in Spain .
  • The number of deaths and infected people is increasing.
  • Now a doctor who is considered the "face" of the fight has been tested positive.
  • 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 31, 5:27 a.m .: In Spain , on Tuesday night, the curfew tightening of the curfew to combat the Corona crisis came into force. Since midnight, all citizens who are not active in major economic sectors are no longer allowed to drive to their jobs. The corresponding decree of the left government is initially valid until April 9. The construction industry and large parts of the industry are particularly affected.

All those affected should continue to receive their salary and make up for the hours they have not worked. Many entrepreneurs and regional presidents have sharply criticized the new rules.

The short-term announced tightening of the exit ban was originally supposed to come into force on Monday. However, it had been postponed by 24 hours late on Sunday evening so that those affected could do “the last essential work” to stop the activities.

Coronavirus: Spanish military launches huge disinfection campaign

Update at 8.15 p.m .: In Spain, the military is also fighting the corona virus with huge disinfection campaigns. The Defense Ministry in Madrid said on Monday that more than 1,300 retirement homes, 500 hospitals, 64 airports, 22 ports and almost 250 metro stations, train stations and bus stops had been disinfected nationwide. Thousands of soldiers are deployed. Spain is the most severely affected country in Europe after Italy.

The operation used by the armed forces to fight Covid-19 is named after the Balmis Vaccination Expedition (1803 to 1806) to the Spanish regions in America and Asia. The expedition led by Francisco Javier de Balmis aimed to vaccinate millions of people against smallpox and is considered one of the most important humanitarian actions in medical history.

Coronavirus: It is considered the "face" of the fight against Corona - Spanish doctor tested positive

Update of March 30, 12.10 p.m .: The doctor and epidemiologist Fernando Simón, who is considered the "face" of the fight against the corona pandemic in Spain, has tested positive for the corona virus.

Simón is the head of the Health Emergency Agency and has been in front of the cameras every day since the outbreak in Spain to announce the latest developments and figures. The 57-year-old is now waiting for the second test to confirm the infection.

Corona virus in Spain: government tightens curfew - over 80,000 infected

Update of March 30, 12:00 noon: In Spain, the drastic and controversial tightening of the curfew to combat the corona pandemic will only come into force on Tuesday. On Monday, the people and companies concerned should do “the last essential work” to stop activities, according to the decree published in the Official Journal on Monday night. The "hibernation", as the finance minister and spokeswoman for the left-wing government María Jesús Montero put it, was originally supposed to begin on Monday.

According to the order, which, according to Montero, is unique worldwide, all workers who work in non-essential sectors must remain at home by April 9th. The construction sector and large parts of industry are particularly affected. The employees concerned should continue to receive their salary and make up for the hours not worked at a later date. So far, all citizens who could not work in their home office were allowed to drive to work. The tightening of the ban on going out has been sharply criticized by many entrepreneurs and regional presidents.

Update of March 30, 10:40 a.m .: The spread of the new coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 continues on Monday. According to the Johns Hopkins Institute, there are now 80,110 infected people in Spain. 6,803 people have died as a result of Covid-19. However, there is good news. The number of people who have recovered has now risen to 14,709.

Update of March 29, 1:18 p.m .: In Spain, which was particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, 838 new fatalities were counted within 24 hours. This was announced by the Ministry of Health in Madrid on Sunday. This is the absolute highest number of days since the outbreak of the crisis. In total, the death toll climbed to more than 6,500. The number of infected people also rose: on Sunday it was just under 79,000 - a good 6500 more than the previous day.

But there is good news: The growth rates continue to decline significantly. The death toll on Sunday was just under 15 percent, after a good 17 percent on Saturday. The number of infections decreased by almost four percentage points to nine percent compared to the previous day.

In the meantime, the corona situation in Germany is getting worse. 15 people from a nursing home in Wolfsburg have died after being infected with the coronavirus. The number of cases is increasing nationwide. Meanwhile, there is a new schedule for the Corona Hospital in Berlin.

Corona in Spain: 832 dead within 24 hours - Prime Minister

News from March 28th:

Update, 9.30 p.m .: Many elderly people are among the corona victims worldwide, including Spain. In several countries, the risk group is now assigned special times for shopping in supermarkets - in order to reduce the risk of infection.

Update, 7.44 p.m .: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a further tightening of the exit restrictions that have been in effect for two weeks in the fight against the corona virus . Starting Monday, all workers who are not doing essential work should stay at home for two weeks , the Prime Minister said in a television speech on Saturday evening. He did not say which sectors are meant exactly. The salary will continue to be paid to those affected during this time, and the hours they have not worked can be made up later in stages.

"In Spain we are facing the hardest hours, the virus hits us with relentless violence," said Sánchez. It was not until midday that it became known that 832 Covid 19 patients had died since Friday alone ( see update at 12.38 p.m. ) - this was the highest increase ever. In the meantime, the coronavirus is spreading even more in Russia. *

Corona Spain: 832 dead within a day - but a number gives a glimmer of hope

Update, 15.07: The authorities in Spain are cautiously optimistic despite the devastating numbers from the past few days: it is believed that the epidemic will soon peak. The background is that the increase in new infections is decreasing in percentage terms and is only around eleven percent on Saturday. Around 40,000 people currently need to be treated in hospitals nationwide.

Update, 12:38 pm: In Spain , which is particularly badly affected by the coronavirus, 832 new fatalities were recorded within 24 hours. This is the highest increase that has been registered in the country so far, according to the health authorities in their daily balance sheet. Overall, the number of victims has risen to just under 5,700 since Friday. The number of infected people also rose further, reaching around 72,000 on Saturday afternoon, around 8,000 more than the previous day. However, the percentage increase has been relatively low for days.

More than 12,000 people are already healthy. The region most affected remains Madrid , where almost half of all deaths have been recorded.

After Italy, Spain is the most severely affected country in Europe. In the meantime, the military has to help transport the bodies here too. This was announced by the Ministry of Health in the Official Journal on Saturday.

Spain in the Corona crisis: Experts estimate the number of infected people in a new dimension

Update March 28, 2020, 8:47 am: For Toni Kroos and his teammates from the Spanish football giant Real Madrid, the Corona quarantine is over after two weeks - at least officially. After a positive test by real basketball player Trey Thompkins, the entire football department was also placed under domestic isolation on March 12.

According to the AS newspaper, the club has confirmed that no other real professional has COVID-19. First of all, not much changes: The players work out individual fitness plans, given the tense situation in Spain, joint training is out of the question.

Update of March 27, 10.30 p.m .: The FAZ writes of an embarrassing setback for the Spanish government in the fight against Corona , referring to the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. . According to the report, the Ministry of Health has sent 58,000 rapid tests back to a Chinese manufacturer because the tests are said to be only 30 percent reliable.

The government previously announced 640,000 rapid tests to make up for the international gap, the report said. Experts would also fear that over half a million people in Spain are already infected with the corona virus.

Corona in Spain: Report - Thousands of German campers have to return to Germany

Update from March 27, 8:50 p.m .: Spain is closing all hotels and camping sites to tourists.

The result: According to Auto Bild, thousands of campers have to leave the country for their home, including many Germans. According to the report, around 50,000 Germans are in Spain over the winter to spring to escape the cold winter at home - it is not uncommon for them to be 65 years old or older. Say: pensioners.

If they do not have their first or second residence on the Iberian Peninsula, they must now leave the country. The EU member states have closed their borders because of the unrestrained spread of the coronavirus pandemic .

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Barcelona: Soldiers in protective suits are walking towards a retirement home, where they are supposed to carry out disinfection measures.

© picture alliance / dpa / David Zorrakino

So far, however, the German campers who travel back are allowed to cross the border between Spain and France as well as between France and Germany. In addition, overnight breaks in parking lots are still allowed.

Update of March 27, 7:20 p.m .: After former Real Madrid President Lorenzo Sanz (76), the second Spanish sports personality has died from the effects of a coronavirus infection : the former runner Santiago Llorente.

Former athlete Covid-19 died at the age of 61. The European Athletics Association European Athletics announced this Friday. Llorente won silver at the U20 Cross World Cup in Düsseldorf in 1977 and was one of the top runners in his country in the 1980s.

Corona in Spain: thousands more infected within 24 hours

Update of March 27, 5.11 p.m .: In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, concrete hope is sprouting for the first time in severely affected Spain . The number of infections rose sharply again on Friday: in just 24 hours, it rose by just under 8,000 to a good 64,000, as the Ministry of Health announced.

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The corona virus also hits Spain badly.

© dpa / Eduardo Parra

At 14 percent, however , the increase was the lowest of the past few days, stressed the head of the authority for health emergencies (CCAES), Fernando Simón , at his daily press conference.

Simón spoke of "promising data that gives us some hope". The pandemic is approaching its climax , after which the situation will improve. The increase in the number of fatalities and the number of admissions of Covid 19 patients to hospitals and intensive care units also shows “stabilization, a slight flattening” of the curve . In addition, the number of those discharged as healthy was almost 10,000 - around 6,000 more than the previous day.

First report from March 27, 3 p.m .: Corona in Spain : 600 dead within 24 hours - experts with a bad guess

Madrid - The corona virus keeps Spain in suspense and kills thousands of people. After Italy, Spain remains the country in Europe most affected by the new Sars-CoV-2 virus.

Corona in Spain: 600 deaths within 24 hours

According to official figures, more people in Spain have now died from the consequences of the coronavirus * than in China, where the virus had spread from.

As in the past few days, the number of people infected * and dead continues to rise sharply. Almost 8,000 new infections have been registered in the last 24 hours . As a result, the total number has climbed to a good 64,000, as the Ministry of Health announced on Friday in its daily balance sheet. The number of deaths has meanwhile increased to almost 4,900 , which corresponds to an increase of 600 within a day. As Morgenpost.de reports, experts like microbiologist Gabriel Reina suspect that the true number of infections is four to five times higher than is officially stated.

Corona in Spain: Patients flee from hospitals

Spain's capital Madrid continues to be the epicenter of the coronavirus. The health system is overwhelmed, hospitals, clinics and medical staff at the limit. In addition, there are increasing new infections among hospital staff .

An end is not yet in sight in Spain . How bad the conditions in Spain actually are is shown, among other things, by the report that Corona patients fled from clinics and an ice stadium was temporarily converted into a morgue.

The city council assured that it was an “interim depot” that primarily aimed to “alleviate the pain of the families of the victims and the situation in the Madrid hospitals”.

Corona in Spain: curfew until April 11th

In view of the critical Corona situation, the strict curfews * in Spain were extended by two weeks on Wednesday until April 11th .

Meanwhile, the situation in France is also coming to a head. In Germany, the authorities warn hospitals of "increased risk of threats".

* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

Rubric list image: © dpa / Moncloa

Source: merkur

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