MADRID (AFP) - Just seven weeks after bringing its first coronavirus wave under control, experts say Spain is once again in a 'critical' situation with the worst infection rate in Western Europe.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MADRID - Just seven weeks after bringing its first coronavirus wave under control, experts say Spain is once again in a"critical" situation with the worst infection rate in Western Europe.
The spike has led a growing list of countries to impose restrictions on travel to Spain, which has nearly 323,000 confirmed cases of the disease, the highest number in Western Europe and 11th highest in the world. There are currently more than 500 outbreak clusters in Spain, according to the health ministry. The ministry's emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon acknowledged Monday that there are cases of community transmission in some places that are"not perfectly controlled" but he said they had"gradually subsided" in recent days.
But infections have surged since the first week of July, in part because the government"rushed" to open the economy"surely thinking about tourism", a pillar of the Spanish economy, said Joan Cayla, the head of Barcelona's Tuberculosis Investigation Unit, which now focuses on Covid-19. FALLING DEATH RATE Spain's powerful regional governments, which are responsible for health care, have taken drastic measures to curb outbreaks, such as shutting down nightclubs and making the use of face masks in public mandatory despite the heat.
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