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After the terrible health crisis of recent months, the Government and the autonomous communities have rearmed against future viral threats, either in the form of a second wave of Covid-19 in the fall or against new pandemics. As assured on Thursday by the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, in his weekly appearance at the Health Commission of the Congress of Deputies, "if a second wave comes, we have the material to respond to it."

Illa responded to the opposition that all the autonomous communities already have "strategic reserves of medical equipment" and " important stocks " for the sick and protection for doctors and nurses.

The minister has not been able to confirm exactly whether Spain will face a major outbreak of coronavirus in the autumn, as some specialists predict. But the ministry is prepared for it because it has evaluated all the scenarios, as well as the autonomous communities, according to Health sources.

As Illa has responded to the PP spokeswoman, Spain is equipping itself with very important stocks of respirators , masks, gloves or personal protective equipment, in addition to which national production has been reinforced, although we are not yet self-sufficient.

"Be prudent and responsible"

Salvador Illa has assured that the de-escalation plan "is working without epidemiological indicators having worsened and apart from some localized outbreaks", as well as "the state of alarm worked" to "contain the progression of the disease" and save more of 400,000 lives, he has said, citing studies that have been known this week. "We are recovering economic activity and freedom of movement without the indicators having worsened," he said.

Despite this, Illa threw away her usual prudence and insisted on the need to "be prudent and responsible" in order "not to throw everything that was achieved overboard". "The new normal does not mean that the fight against the virus has come to an end, or that the epidemic is over, but rather that we are beginning a new stage, that of learning to live with the virus until we have a vaccine or

With the new early surveillance strategy, 235 cases have been diagnosed in Spain with the onset of symptoms in the last week, so "we are reaching most of the suspected cases soon," he said.

Illa added that of the 10,000 to 12,000 suspected cases that are identified every day, almost 90% carry out diagnostic tests. This indicates that "we have been able to significantly increase the detection rate." "The figures are lower every week and show that we are controlling the epidemic," he said.

Imported cases

The minister has warned that of the new cases, 10% are imported. And he has cited almost 100 that travelers from Latin America have introduced . So he has insisted on being very cautious about opening borders.

Health spokeswoman of the PP, Cuca Gamarra has accused during his speech to the government of "lying to the data" and their continuous changes of mind when posting dead or infected. And to be laughing at the Spanish. "

Gamarra has again demanded that the minister consider all those with symptoms compatible with the disease to be deceased with Covid-19, even if they have not been tested, as the World Health Organization (WHO) now recommends: "No they can continue to maintain a criterion that does not reflect the truth, "he snapped.

Vox spokesman Juan Luis Steegmann has once again been the toughest on the commission. He has accused the minister of handling "false statistics", of having "underestimated" the threat and of having "circulated the virus because they wanted to celebrate their little party on March 8", a date that will be marked as "the history of the disease and of shame in Spain. "

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