Deirdre Carney suspected he might have COVID-19 when his temperature began to vary above the overall 37 degrees Celsius. “It was a little surprising when I was diagnosed. I couldn’t have it. I hadn’t met so many people, “Carney, a California English instructor who lives in Madrid, told VOA.
In the Spanish capital, which now has about a third of coronavirus cases in Spain, the government has been forced to impose several restrictions to prevent the increase in infections.
Since enforcing one of europe’s top draconian blockades, Spain has the first Western European country to report more than 500,000 cases, the fitness government said Monday.
With the number of contagions reached on Tuesday 525,000, Spain has 255. 9 instances consistent with 100,000 inhabitants, with 35. 2 in Britain, 125. 2 in France and 30. 6 in Italy, once one of the European countries most affected at the start of the pandemic.
Fighting the disease in isolation, Carney said she had not been contacted through case trackers, a key deficiency that experts say is partly to blame for the infection outbreak. “The only other people who examined my employer,” he said.
New restrictions
Madrid, a city of 6. 6 million people living in densely populated neighborhoods, will restrict social gatherings to another 10 internal or external people. Many outbreaks have been linked to family gatherings or when other young people gather for drinking sessions at the The open air, called large bottles, bars, restaurants, weddings and funerals will also face capatown restrictions.
A new wave of contagion has been less fatal than at the beginning of the pandemic, and the number of infections appears to have decreased since the daily peak of more than 10,000 more than a week ago. The mortality rate also remains well below the April peak. , when more than 900 people died in one day. However, many wonder why Spain has once returned to the ‘sick of Europe’.
Experts recommend that a complex combination of points conspired to return the country almost to the starting point, as 8 million young people return to school and Spaniards return to work.
“We had a very strict confinement and then at ease this also temporarily in a country with a strong propensity to socialize and that the circle of family networks remains very close,” said Ildefonso Hernández, professor of public aptitude at the Miguel Hernández University near Alicante in southeastern Spain, he told VOA in an interview.
“The image is not homogeneous, however, some regions also did not use enough case markers when epidemics began. It will also have to be said that the number of tests carried out has increased significantly since March and April, so we are seeing more positives. diagnoses,” he said.
Hernandez also said that part of the blame is in the regional government’s responses to migrant fruit pickers who across the country to locate paintings where crops are harvested, many are forced to live in overcrowded situations where social estrangation is difficult, if not impossible. “Some governments in Catalonia and Aragon have not provided good enough housing for these people,” Hernandez said.
• Worrying situation
In Madrid, the number of hospital beds occupied through COVID-19 instances is around 18 per cent, at a national average of 7 per cent. “The stage in Madrid is worrying. The number of COVID-19 cases is testing the ability of some hospitals to perform other operations,” Hernandez said.
Analysts also point to weaknesses in the Spanish governance formula as a factor. Spain is one of the most decentralized states in Europe, with the duty of physical education and schooling entrusted to 17 regional governments.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, the central government took control of the crisis in the regions. In addition to the ideological differences with the central government, some of the regional pride has peaked,” Miguel Otero-Iglesias, an economist at the Real Instituto Elcano, a think tank in Madrid, told VOA. “At the same time, regions are turning to the leadership center. Spain does not have a fully centralized government or a federal state. “
To detect contagions, Spain called in the army, deploying 2,000 specialized troops to help regional authorities.
The Spanish Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has sought to allay the fears. “The scenario has nothing to do with what happened in March or April in terms of tension in hospital beds or in extensive care units,” he told reporters in a statement. Press conference.