The landing of Covid-19 in Europe has had a very strong impact . Although China is the second largest economic power in the world, when the virus was believed to be contained in Asia, the markets did not collapse at what they saw as a local contagion: what is more, this Monday the main exchanges started with strong revaluations. Governments then opted for prudence and WHO tried to run away from words that could cause social alarm. Yes, some drastic business decision was made, such as the suspension of Mobile in Barcelona or certain flight routes with China. But moderation was the norm . However, the European contagion of the coronavirus has unleashed a tension escalation whose development is impossible to predict. In a matter of days the bags that came from marking records contracted to levels that were not remembered in the last decade. The reorganization of routes and the cancellation of flights follow one another and the fall of the air demand intensifies. The suspension of the Tokyo Olympic Games has been rumored, multinationals such as Facebook have modified their large face-to-face events, governments are now directly involved in the crisis - Switzerland, for example, has suspended congregations with more than 1,000 people, for what the prestigious Geneva Motor Show will not open its doors this year - and WHO, which has debated whether or not to declare a pandemic state, has raised the global threat posed by the coronavirus to a very high level. The economy falters, the spaces in quarantine multiply, the different countries apply forceful measures in the eyes of ordinary citizens; and while all that happens, he is asked for calm.

In this apparent contradiction is the crux of the current stage of the epidemic. From the scientific certainties that we have, we know that it is a virus whose impact on health does not carry great threats unless it affects people who incorporate a series of previous risk factors: from age to respiratory diseases. But we also know that it is a virus that is spread quite easily. Since it is a new disease and there are still no specific tools to fight it, we are at a time when all efforts must focus on containing it , and for this we must take measures that we are not accustomed to. Precisely because of this, pedagogy from the health and political levels must be a capital element in this period of uncertainty.

In Spain the number of infected people is already counted by tens. And after the initial health impact, an institutional response is urgently needed to reassure an economic world seriously harmed by fear of the coronavirus. As the CEOE CEO, Antonio Garamendi explained yesterday, some sectors are already having supply problems and suffering economic activity stoppages. With Holy Week at the gates and summer on the horizon, Spanish tourism prepares for the worst. The Government is responsible for putting all the means in place so that our main economic engine is affected as little as possible. This global threat should not be minimized: it is urgent to face it without alarmism and without complacency. In this sense, maximum transparency and constant pedagogy are key so that fear, which is free, does not spread like another virus.

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