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Spain, the second most affected country in Europe by the coronavirus , has confined its population after the Pedro Sánchez government decreed this state of alarm this weekend. This Monday, on the first working day after the announcement of extraordinary measures to curb the coronavirus epidemic, Spaniards will have to face this new reality. A reality that already leaves, according to the latest official data, 8,000 infected and 292 dead.

Coronavirus data in Spain

    Total figures: 8,000 cases diagnosed, 293 dead

  • 3544 in Madrid (213 dead)
  • 630 in the Basque Country (23 dead)
  • 903 in Catalonia (12 dead)
  • 300 in La Rioja (3 dead)
  • 437 in Andalusia (6 dead)
  • 401 in Castilla-La Mancha (6 dead)
  • 292 in Castilla y León (9 dead)
  • 234 in Navarra (1 dead)
  • 137 in Asturias (1 dead)
  • 409 in the Valencian Community (5 dead)
  • 147 in Aragon (7 dead)
  • 195 in Galicia (2 dead)
  • 95 in Extremadura (3 dead)
  • 109 in the Canary Islands (1 dead)
  • 28 in the Balearic Islands (1 dead)
  • 78 in Murcia
  • 52 in Cantabria
  • 8 in Melilla
  • 1 in Ceuta
  • There have been 517 discharges

    • Source: Ministry of Health and regional councils

07.40. Banks open their offices today taking extreme precautions for the coronavirus

The main Spanish banks will keep their network of branches open to guarantee access to financial services, although taking extreme measures to protect the health of customers and employees due to the coronavirus .

This is stated in the different action protocols drawn up after the Council of Ministers extraordinarily approved the royal decree to declare a state of alarm about the coronavirus , which allows citizens to leave their homes to go to financial or insurance entities in case of need, among other exceptions.

BBVA will keep its branch network open from 8:00 to 14:00 "taking extreme measures to protect the health of its clients and employees". Banco Santander, for its part, establishes that users must go to branches exclusively for operations that they cannot carry out at ATMs or through remote channels.

07.38. A study indicates that pregnant women do not transmit the coronavirus to babies

A study led by Chinese researchers suggests that the coronavirus is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to newborns. The work is published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics and in it the authors describe that four babies born to infected mothers in a hospital in Wuhan (China), epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak, showed no signs of infection and are still healthy as of today .

"Some good news has finally emerged," says the magazine, about a coronavirus that has spread to dozens of countries around the world; It is the second study led by Chinese people in the last month that shows that women with Covid-19 disease during pregnancy did not infect their babies.

07.32. Businessman close to Slim would be the first deceased with coronavirus in Mexico

The Mexican businessman José Kuri , very close to the tycoon Carlos Slim , has been the first coronavirus deceased in Mexico after having tested positive, although an official confirmation is missing. A close source reported that Kuri tested positive for coronavirus upon returning to Mexico from a trip to Vail, a mountainous Colorado town in the United States.

On the same trip, he coincided with the president of the board of directors of the Mexican Stock Exchange , Jaime Ruiz Sacristán, who also tested positive for COVID-19 but had no symptoms. José Kuri was a member of the board of directors of Grupo Financiero Inbursa, company of the Mexican magnate Slim .

07.25. Defense may call the military in the reserve to deal with the coronavirus

The Ministry of Defense may call all the military, both active and in reserve, within the framework of the declaration of the state of alarm before the expansion of the new coronavirus in Spain. This is stated in the Official State Gazette (BOE) published this midnight with the additional measures put in place by the Government to try to contain the advance of COVID-19.

Among other issues, the department led by Margarita Robles contemplates that all the military be "in permanent availability" for the provision of the service that is required according to the situation of the health crisis.

7.10. Coronavirus: Trump asks not to go en masse to supermarkets

As in Spain, other countries are calling for calm to their citizens so that they do not go en masse to supermarkets. This morning, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, called for calm this Sunday and assured the citizens that "there is no need to accumulate" supplies and food, after concern had spread in the country after the latest decisions. Taken by various states to tighten measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which has already affected more than 3,000 people in the country.

"You don't have to buy that much. Take it easy and relax," the tycoon has tried to reassure his compatriots after the images of Americans rushing to supermarkets across the country, where they have in many cases wiped out paper stocks. hygienic and basic necessities and canned food.

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