In view of the worsening situation, the Spanish government has sent soldiers and doctors to Madrid.
New restrictions are to be announced on Friday.
The corona situation * in the Spanish capital is precarious in view of the increasing number of new infections.
The government has now sent
doctors
,
police officers
and
soldiers
to Madrid.
A complete cordoning off of the region is considered “the last chance” to get the situation under control.
Madrid - In view of the dramatic increase in
corona infections
in the Spanish capital
Madrid
, the regional government has "urgently"
requested
soldiers
as well as additional
police officers
and
doctors
from outside.
The military was needed for logistical tasks, the police officers were supposed to help enforce restrictions on freedom of movement.
And the doctors would be needed to treat the sick, reported the newspaper
El País
on Thursday, citing the regional government.
Corona crisis region Madrid: parts of the Spanish capital cordoned off
With almost
700,000 infected people
and more than
31,000 corona * deaths,
Spain is the
country in Western Europe hardest hit by the pandemic.
A third of all second wave infections are currently in Madrid.
Since Monday, 37 areas in six districts and in seven municipalities in the surrounding area with a total of around
850,000 inhabitants have been
partially cordoned off.
However, people are allowed to leave their residential areas to get to work, school, the doctor or a court summons on often overcrowded public transport, so that experts consider the measures to be inefficient.
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A police officer in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
© Manu Fernandez / dpa
Regional
President Isabel Díaz Ayuso has
announced further restrictions that are not further explained
for Friday
.
Because of the economic consequences, she describes a closure of the entire capital region with 6.6 million inhabitants only as “a last resort”.
The Spanish professor of epidemiology at Harvard University and advisor to the government, Miguel Hernán, believes that this is hardly avoidable.
The
intensive care units in the hospitals
are almost completely occupied again, he warned.
Without sufficient capacity to diagnose, track, and monitor isolation and quarantine, all that remained was new curfews.
“Anyone who is in
Madrid
today should not only
avoid
a
corona infection
*, but also try not to have a heart attack or a car accident or to require other surgical interventions.
The intensive care units are full, ”warned the doctor.
(dpa / fmü)
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.
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