Spain turned Madrid's Olympic-sized ice rink into a makeshift morgue as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic
MADRID - Spain reported its sharpest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Tuesday with infections rising among health workers, while funeral vans began arriving at Madrid’s ice rink, hastily transformed into a makeshift morgue.
He also warned pressure on intensive-care units would continue after transmission of the virus among the general population had peaked. The military disinfected 179 nursing homes on Monday and planned to clean another 96 on Tuesday, officials said. “The virus doesn’t kill people ... what’s killing people is the system,” Rafael Aguilera, mayor of Alcala del Valle told a news conference.
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