Corona in Spain: RKI also declares the Canaries a risk area - vacationers should know that now

The Robert Koch Institute also declared the Canary Islands and thus all of Spain to be a risk area on Wednesday evening.

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• Coronavirus pandemic

  : The

  new Covid-19 infections

  in

  Spain

  are constant at more than 7,000 daily.

• The

  Madrid

  metropolitan region in particular

  is severely affected by the

  second corona wave

  *

  .

• The

  Robert Koch Institute

  has now

  classified

  the

  Canary Islands

  and thus all of

  Spain

  as a

  risk

  area.

• Basic 

  facts about

   the corona

  virus

  *

  and the corona news from Germany can be found here.

  We also offer you the current number of cases in

  Germany

  on a map 

  .

Update from September 2, 7:20 p.m

.: Due to the increased number of

, the federal government has also classified the

and thus all of

as a

area.

The

published an updated list of corona risk areas on Wednesday.

This means that people returning from all over

now

.

In addition, travelers from a

must go

directly to their destination and isolate themselves there at home until a negative test result is available.

In addition, the

must

report to the authorities responsible for them.

For a long time, Sweden was considered the absolute winner of the Corona crisis, as the country made it through time without a lockdown.

But now it is clear: the corona virus has caused more in Sweden than previously thought.

Coronavirus in Spain: Whole community cordoned off - "nobody comes in or out without a police check"

Update from September 1st, 2.30 p.m.: Spain is

fighting against

, but a return to everyday life before

is currently miles away.

This is particularly true of a village in the Castile and León region:

, around an hour and a half drive north of

.

The community with more than 3,500 inhabitants was cordoned off by the Guardia Civil because there are many new

there.

The world mirror of the ARD reports.

Accordingly, “nobody comes in or out without a police check”.

Citizens are asked not to leave their homes.

Corona pandemic in Spain: criticism from doctors - too few Covid-19 tests

Because she simply cannot contain the insidious lung disease, more and more accusations are being raised against the authorities.

Doctors in Spain criticize: Testing for the

too little and too late

.

“We should do a lot more than is happening right now.

We need more people so that we can trace infections and send infected people to quarantine, "said the doctor Quique Bassat from the Hospital Sant Joan de Deu Barcelona in the contribution of the

.

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Saragossa: A field hospital is in the parking lot of the clinical hospital due to the increasing number of corona cases.

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In the meantime, test teams go around working-class neighborhoods in Madrid every day and take samples where, according to the report, there are the most new infections with the insidious

.

At the same time, more and more details about the

known: Almost 20,000 people in Spanish care facilities are said to have died from and / or with a

.

Coronavirus in Spain: Over 23,500 new Covid-19 infections

Update from September 1st, 1.30 p.m.:

The

are taking on more dramatic proportions.

Specifically: According to Johns Hopkins University,

were added

between the past weekend and Monday, August 31

.

with and / or from the

.

For comparison: In Italy, according to the same source, six people died with

in the same period

, in Germany fortunately there was not a single death with Covid 19 symptoms to complain on Monday.

On average, well over 7,000 infections with the insidious lung disease are detected in Spain every day.

Corona pandemic in Spain: the hospitals in Madrid are filling up

Update from September 1, 12:45 p.m.:

The capital

is

still in focus

in the

the

in

.

As the

* write, the number of admissions to local hospitals in

increased by 70 percent within ten days,

.

The number of admissions to intensive care units even increased by 73 percent in the same period.

Corona pandemic in Spain: Covid-19 hits Madrid hard again

First report from August 30th:

The Spanish metropolis of

is the geographical, political and cultural center of the country.

In times of the

,

however

,

also became the epicenter of the number of infections.

When the virus spread more and more in March, it was the capital in particular that

had to struggle

hardest with the consequences of

.

A rigorous lockdown followed that paralyzed the economy

but seemed to be paying

off in terms of

.

After a phase of relaxation, the situation is currently tense again - and

once again hardest hit by the

.

Corona in Spain: increasing numbers of infections - especially in Madrid

The Spanish Ministry of Health

reported significantly fewer infections on Friday evening, with 3,829 new cases within 24 hours, than on Thursday, when there were 6,000 new cases.

Nevertheless, the situation in the country is worrying, because the new infections partly correspond to the level of corona weddings.

The situation in

is particularly tense

.

According to

, 108,374 of the total of 439,286 corona cases in Spain are located in the autonomous region of

.

This proportion corresponds to almost a quarter (24.7 percent) of the current cases.

A

comparatively high number of people die

in

, because with 8,546 of 29,011 dead, 29.5 percent of the

Spaniards who died as a

result of

from there (as of August 30, 3:30 p.m.).

Corona in Spain: Infection numbers for the last seven days in selected regions (source: Ministry of Health Spain, as of August 30)

Madrid

: 16,218 (243 per 100,000 population)

Catalonia

: 8,349 (110 per 100,000 inhabitants)

Andalusia

: 4,909 (58 per 100,000 inhabitants)

Basque Country

: 3,415 (157 per 100,000 population)

Balearic Islands

: 2,306 (192 per 100,000 inhabitants)

La Rioja

: 513 (163 per 100,000 population)

Corona in Spain: Madrid as the epicenter of the pandemic

What is the reason for this large proportion, given that the

metropolitan area

is less than a seventh of the total population?

One possible explanation: There are many poor neighborhoods like that of

.

Because many people there live in confined spaces and commute halfway through the city to work, it could be

easy

for the

to spread.

To counteract this, there is

now the possibility

in and around

to be tested for

the

virus

free of charge

.

A good step, but one that may come too late, as critics warn.

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The test centers in Madrid are being expanded.

The focus is currently primarily on symptom-free people.

In the past, more and more young people were infected.

© Afp7 / Joaquin Corchero / EUROPA PRESS / dpa

Corona in Spain: "It is quite possible that we are facing a much larger wave of infections"

The opposition accuses the regional government of not having prepared itself for a second wave and of having relaxed it prematurely: "I think Madrid has returned to normal too quickly," said

, Minister of the regional government, to the Tagesschau.

Despite a three-month curfew, "the opening went too fast." Now it "depends very much on the behavior of the population that the numbers do not continue to rise."

The number of infections had risen sharply in the past few weeks and there were worries about a second, worse wave: "It is obvious that the situation is not good," says the epidemiologist

.

“The number of infections is increasing - in a way that makes it seem impossible that we can contain it with the current resources.

It is quite possible that we will face a much larger wave of infections. "

Corona in Spain: is the travel warning coming for the whole country?

The tense situation in the country meanwhile

does not go unnoticed

in

.

In mid-August, the

continuously extended its travel warning for Spain, and almost the entire country is now affected.

On the website of the federal authority you can read: “Before unnecessary, tourist trips to

 with the exception of the

 are currently due to high infection rates

warned. "

Spicy: The 

now have 79.69 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

The

had set an incidence of more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (calculated over seven days *) as the critical mark.

Meanwhile, the question of the danger of aerosols continues to arise.

An infectiologist is now settling accounts with Drosten & Co. and sees a "completely exaggerated discussion."

Prime Minister Markus Söder has now introduced a temporary mask requirement when starting school in Bavaria.

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