Coronavirus shakes Spain: "Everyone is getting infected" - Surreal scenes on the beach - Heli chases tourists

In Spain, the number of new corona infections is causing great concern.

In Mallorca, helicopters are used to clear beaches.

A spectacular Covid-19 arrest takes place in San Sebastian.

The news ticker.

• The number of

  new infections

  with the

  coronavirus *

  continues to

  rise in

  Spain

  - the

  Madrid

  region in particular is a

  cause

  for concern.

• In

  Mallorca

  , the police are using

  helicopters

  to enforce the nightly closure of the beaches.

• In

  San Sebastian

  , a

  female surfer infected

  with

  corona is

  arrested spectacularly on the beach (

  see update from September 8, 7:50 p.m.

  ).

• 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 8, 9:55 p.m.:

The

are increasing unchecked.

According to tagesschau.de, the number of reported

525,549 as of Monday, September 7, 7:15 p.m.

Accordingly, 26,560 new infections with the

pathogen were registered over the weekend

.

According to Johns Hopkins University, 8964 newly registered infections (534,513) with the insidious lung disease were added by Tuesday evening, as of 9.45 p.m.

Alarming numbers.

There are currently worrying trends in France and Spain.

Corona pandemic in Spain: female surfer arrested on the beach for Covid-19

Update from September 8, 7:50 p.m.:

Spectacular

: A young woman was arrested on Monday on Zurriola Beach in the northern Spanish city of San Sebastian because she had left her

to go surfing.

This is reported by the Spanish daily El Pais.

Accordingly, the woman is

infected

with the

virus and knows about it.

More than that, she even wanted to evade arrest.

According to the report, police officers on a lifeboat tried to convince her to give up - but she just kept surfing.

# SanSebastián📌🇪🇦 Una joven infectada de # covid19 es sorprendida haciendo surf en la playa de #Zurriola y luego intenta huir de la Ertzaintza.

La mujer, socorrista de La Concha, fue detenida por desobediencia grave y delito contra la Salud Pública. @ JavierSanz 🎦 pic.twitter.com/CfySHZbwNF

- eSPAINews (@eSPAINews) September 7, 2020

She then ran away on the beach, as shown by a video of the incident that went viral on social media.

But police officers, some in protective suits, caught her and handcuffed her.

The

polarizes in

because the surfer was apparently whistled off by her own colleagues.

Now she faces a penalty.

Corona virus in Spain: The number of new corona infections is increasing and causing concern

First report from September 7th:

The number of

with the

continues to

rise in

and are of great concern to the authorities.

The Ministry of Health reported more than 4,000 new cases on Sunday.

Last Friday there were even more than 10,000 new infections - a new

since the lockdown.

The

declared

the

and thus all of

a

area

last week

.

Corona in Spain: Madrid region is developing into the center of the second wave

As in spring, the

Spanish center of the

the

is the

region

.

About a third of

the country

were last recorded in the Spanish capital.

Especially in the working-class districts in the southeast

, the spreads

from.

"People are just getting infected, children are just getting infected, everyone is just getting infected, and school has not yet started," said the President of the

Region

,

, most recently in an interview, as reported by "Spiegel".

The regional government wants to

curb

the number of

in

with new

.

Meetings in the public and private sector should be limited to

, provided they do not belong to a household.

According to the

these situations are

responsible for most new infections.

In addition, the number of participants allowed for weddings, funerals and other events will be significantly reduced again.

Corona in Spain: helicopter sells bathers on Mallorca

On the holiday island of

, the regional government

ordered

public life

at the end of August

due to the increasing number of

.

This included the

and parks at

between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

To enforce this measure, the

on Mallorca are now also

using

, as video recordings show.

NEW: Spanish government using helicopters to order people to wear a mask and social distance on the beaches of #Mallorca, #Spain pic.twitter.com/YPsuRMkomd

- SV News 🚨 (@SVNewsAlerts) September 6, 2020

The newspaper "Diario de Mallorca" reported that a plane

flew low over the beaches

on the

evening

to drive away

unrepentant

.

The

told people over loudspeakers: "Clear the beaches."

The video footage showed how the

from the beach towards the promenade in

view of the volume and the strong winds under the rotor of the

.

Corona in Spain: trip to the beach after two months in intensive care

In the midst of the worsening situation, Spain is also looking forward to good news.

After a

, 60-year-old

intensive care for almost two months.

Now he was allowed to go back into the fresh air for a short trip.

Lying in bed and connected to hoses,

pushed onto

the promenade in

by nurses

.

Francisco Espana, 60 years old, spent 52 days in the intensive care unit of Hospital del Mar in Barcelona due to the coronavirus, but on this day he was allowed by his doctors to spend almost 10 minutes at the seaside as part of his recovery therapy .

pic.twitter.com/YmzqUhBt1y

- M. Bahmad, MD 🇱🇧 (@DrMarwanBahmad) September 6, 2020

"I am very overwhelmed",

reported

to the "Bild".

The 60-year-old was monitored by a doctor and three nurses on his outing.

The

in

explored *, such as short trips to the beach recovery from

influence.

The aim is to improve the patient's emotional attitude.

“If I were next allowed to have a beer in the hospital cafeteria, that would be enough for me,” said

.

Some other countries in Europe have also recorded a high increase in new corona infections, exceeding an alarming limit.

The Spanish government is trying to fight the rising numbers with various measures: most recently there was also a public ban on smoking in the fresh air in the room.

Due to trade restrictions caused by the corona pandemic, experts fear delivery bottlenecks for important drugs and vaccines *.

A new study from Sweden now gives hope that after a corona infection you could be immune in the long term - even without antibodies in the blood.

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