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Another 261 elderly residents in centers of the Community of Madrid have died in three days with coronavirus or with symptoms of having it. Thus, the number since the health crisis began amounts to 4,521 cases , 787 of them confirmed and the rest suspected.

The data corresponds to last Friday and was provided this Tuesday by the Minister of Social Policies, Alberto Reyero, of Ciudadanos (Cs), in an interview on Cadena Ser. In it, he criticized the management of the Government Health Department Isabel Díaz Ayuso to which he himself belongs, which is managed by the PP.

"We have demanded from the beginning a greater sanitary support in the residences, we believe that it is the fundamental problem", indicated the orange deputy. "I do not understand that now that there is talk of sanitary withdrawal , these people are not used in residences , it is a need that we have," he added.

Reyero, who has assured that he is in favor of "solidarity between territories", has stated that it is not explained how staff of the Samur -the emergency service of the City Council of the capital- has moved to Castilla y León instead of reinforcing attention in the nursing homes of the region. To which he has added: "Above all is the health of our people in Madrid . "

At the end of March, the Ministry of Health assumed sole command of the 475 residences in the region and activated a crash plan to intervene in those that present a more critical situation. Among the measures that have been taken since then are the isolation of infected elderly people and the transfer to hotels of those who have been sick but have failed the Covid-19 test.

In the Ministry of Social Policies, they point out that since the reinforcement of personnel began in 13 residences in the Community of Madrid, 22 auxiliaries have joined the centers of Santa Teresa Jornet, Casa Quinta, Domus Vi Espartales, San Celedonio and Sergesa Boadilla, to which another eight will be added "immediately". These recruitments are being made through Ilunion on an "exceptional" basis due to the situation and through an emergency declaration.

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