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Spain's Covid death rate rebounds to 17 in one day

2020-07-03T20:42:44.190Z


Spain on Friday recorded 17 deaths from the coronavirus in a day, according to the Ministry of Health, the highest daily number of deaths since June 19. Only five deaths were reported Thursday. And the chief epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health, Fernando Simon, had then emphasized that only 24 deaths had been recorded during the previous seven days. Read also: Virus: Spain does not open its b...


Spain on Friday recorded 17 deaths from the coronavirus in a day, according to the Ministry of Health, the highest daily number of deaths since June 19. Only five deaths were reported Thursday. And the chief epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health, Fernando Simon, had then emphasized that only 24 deaths had been recorded during the previous seven days.

Read also: Virus: Spain does not open its borders to Morocco, Algeria and China

These figures fell when many Spaniards went on vacation and while Spain opened its borders on Saturday to nationals of 12 new countries, following the recommendations of the European Union.

Spain had already reopened its borders on June 21 to EU and Schengen nationals as well as to the British. To cope with the influx of visitors, the Ministry of Health said Friday that new reinforcements had been deployed at airports in Spain, to " control the arrival of travelers ." They take the temperature of the arrivals and collect their personal data so that they can be contacted in the event of screening.

" 650 professionals were added to the 600 who were already working in external health, " announced the ministry. Spain is one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, with at least 28,385 deaths. But the authorities believe they have succeeded in controlling the contagion after a long and severe confinement. The number of confirmed cases reaches 250,545 for 47 million inhabitants, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health.

Source: lefigaro

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