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Terrible day of figures in Spain , which exceeds 10,000 deaths (950 more than yesterday), while the number of those infected by the coronavirus pandemic rises to 110,238. A health crisis that has also hit employment hard in March, destroying 833,979 jobs and becoming the worst month in the history of the Spanish labor market. The European Commission is preparing today the aid plan for Spain and Italy in labor matters in the face of the crisis generated by Covid-19 .

Coronavirus data in Spain

    Source: Ministry of Health

    Total figures: 110,238 cases of coronavirus diagnosed, 10,003 dead

  • 32,155 in Madrid (4,175 dead)
  • 21,804 in Catalonia (2,093 dead)
  • 7,317 in the Basque Country (412 dead)
  • 7,682 in Castilla La Mancha (854 dead)
  • 7,355 in Castilla y León (641 dead)
  • 6,972 in Andalusia (343 dead)
  • 6,308 in the Valencian Community (443 dead)
  • 4,842 in Galicia (120 dead)
  • 2,682 in Navarra (141 dead)
  • 2,700 in Aragon (200 dead)
  • 2,083 in La Rioja (101 dead)
  • 1,837 in Extremadura (181 dead)
  • 1,444 in the Canary Islands (68 dead)
  • 1,384 in Asturias (69 dead)
  • 1,268 in Cantabria (60 dead)
  • 1,204 in the Balearic Islands (58 dead)
  • 1,084 in Murcia (42 dead)
  • 62 in Melilla (1 dead)
  • 55 in Ceuta (1 dead)
  • 26,743 people have been cured

18:17 Interior empty the CIE for fear of the coronavirus: in Madrid there are only five inmates

Almost all the foreigners of the Aluche Internment Center (CIE) have been released after declaring a state of alarm. The facilities have been almost empty and only five inmates remained there in the early afternoon on Thursday, police sources have informed Europa Press. The Ministry of the Interior, on which these centers depend, has been releasing in recent weeks the majority of internal foreigners in all the CIEs of Spain - where there would be less than 10% - after the Ombudsman asked for their release in the scenario of the health crisis, which prevents the return or expulsion to their country of origin.

18:12 The US Democratic Party postpones its convention for a month due to the coronavirus

The US Democratic Party has decided to postpone its convention for a month due to the coronavirus. The United States has exceeded 200,000 infections and is close to 5,000 deaths, with New York still as the epicenter but with foci emerging throughout the country.

18:00 A plane lands in Madrid with medical material against the coronavirus purchased by the Community

The Community of Madrid has confirmed that a few minutes ago a plane from China landed at the Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez airport with a cargo in its warehouses of medical equipment in front of the Covid-19 that will be immediately distributed among the region's hospitals. . This request has come nine days late according to the dates originally planned because, according to the government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, "the unforeseen events have been varied," reports Marta Belver .

17:21 Potential coronavirus vaccine shows promise in mouse study

Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have announced this Thursday a possible vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 pandemic, as published in the journal 'EBioMedicine', published by ' The Lancet '.

This vaccine has been tested in mice administered through a fingertip-sized patch, which produces antibodies specific for SARS-CoV-2 in amounts considered sufficient to neutralize the virus.

This is the first study published after evaluation by other scientists from external institutions that describes a candidate vaccine for COVID-19. The researchers were able to act quickly because they had already laid the groundwork during the first coronavirus epidemics, reports Europa Press.

17:10 Canoeist Saúl Craviotto rejoins his post as police officer due to the coronavirus

Three-time world champion and two Olympians, canoeist Saúl Craviotto rejoined his position as a National Police Officer at the Gijón Police Station on Wednesday to help his companions while the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic continues.

According to police sources, Craviotto will work in the Prevention and Reaction Unit of the Gijón Citizen Security Brigade until he can focus on his training again after requesting his reinstatement due to the decision of the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Games of 2021 to 2021. Tokyo, reports Efe.

16:53 Nursing home doctors say coronavirus signs are "silent and debut in advanced stages" in the elderly

The president of the Spanish Society of Residential Doctors (Semer), María José Jiménez Cebri, assured this Thursday that the presentation of the coronavirus in very old people is different from that of young people and adults and that its clinical picture is at the beginning "more silent, debuting in advanced stages", which causes late diagnosis and greater lethality.

In an interview on Telemadrid, collected by Europa Press, Jiménez commented that being a new virus, they do not know all its behavior in very vulnerable patients, although they know that it is "very virulent".

"The presentation of a disease in an elderly person is not typical, but they are atypical. It is also atypical in the coronavirus , which does not present the typical clinical signs than in young adults. This causes us to delay diagnosis, not because Let us do wrong, but because this disease is very silent and debuts at a very advanced stage, "he explained.

16:25 A police union asks to recognize the deaths by coronavirus as a work accident

The Federation of Professionals of Public Security of Catalonia (FEPOL), a union of the Mossos d'Esquadra and also representative of local police, has urged this Thursday the Government to recognize as deceased in a work accident the agents who have lost their lives to cause of the coronavirus, reports Efe.

16:16 Putin declares non-working every day until April 30 for the coronavirus

Russia's President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday non-working days every day until the 30th of this month to contain the spread of the coronavirus causing COVID-19.

The head of the Kremlin made this announcement in a television message to the population: Read the complete information of Xavier Colás here .

15:53 ​​UK death toll from coronoavirus rises 24% in one day

The number of deaths from coronoavirus in the United Kingdom increased by 24% in 24 hours, reaching 2,921 deaths.

As of today there are 33,718 positives across the country, according to the health ministry. The UK has one of the worst official coronavirus deaths in the world, after Italy, Spain, the United States, France, China and Iran, Reuters reports.

15:35 Deputies and senators of the PSOE will donate between 1,000 and 2,000 euros per month for those affected by the coronavirus

The request not to collect this money has also been formally made by other groups such as the CUP and have been supported by formations such as the PRC, Foro Asturias and Junts. Read the complete information of Marisol Hernández .

15:32 Coronavirus: low noise pollution in cities, but noise complaints in houses skyrocket

Traffic in the Barcelona area had dropped 32% this morning compared to last Thursday. In addition to the consequent decrease in environmental pollution during the state of alarm, which Ecologists in Action today has put at 64% less in Barcelona and 55% in the whole of Spain, another consequence of the confinement is the spectacular decrease in noise pollution. However, in some spaces decibels have been increasing: some specialized lawyers claim that complaints about excessive noise in homes have grown with confinement. Read here the complete information of Jordi Ribalaygue .

15:27 Coronavirus: they refuse to release imprisoned sovereign leaders

The treatment boards of the Mas d'Enric, Lledoners and Puig de les Basses prisons refuse to let sovereign leaders imprisoned for sedition go out to confinement at home despite having applied 100.2 of the prison regulations. Yes, 15 other prisoners will be released in these characteristics from other centers. The Generalitat denounces "threats and coercion" to prison officials. Read here the complete information of Germán González .

15:12 Coronavirus: the Government will relocate 263 elderly people from residences in Barcelona and Girona

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Families, Francesc Iglesies, announced this Thursday the re-accommodation in various clinics of 123 elderly people with coronavirus symptoms who lived in residences in Barcelona, ​​and 140 more in the province of Girona; 263 in total, reports Europa Press.

14:55 Talgo collaborates with Renfe in medicalizing trains in case they are required to transport patients with coronavirus

Talgo assures that it is collaborating with Renfe in the preparation and medicalization of three operator trains, supplied by the manufacturer, which the public railway company is preparing in case they are required by the health authorities for the transfer of patients, reports Europa Press.

14:50 Coronavirus: Infanta Leonor doctors ask to approve adapted diving masks as EPI and provisional respirator

Physicians from the Infanta Leonor University Hospital in Madrid have presented a dossier for the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products to authorize the adaptations that have been made to diving masks so that they can be used as a provisional alternative to a respirator for patients with Covid-19 in insufficiency severe respiratory.

Specifically, and after previously going through the ethics committee of the center, the approval of these modified masks is requested as "best alternative" when there is no approved material available or access to orotracheal intubation, "reports Europa Press.

14:41 Brussels proposes to mobilize 3,000 million euros for the health sector for the coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) proposed this Thursday the mobilization of 3,000 million euros from the community budget to directly support the health sector during the coronavirus crisis, which can be used to coordinate the purchase of medical equipment or transport patients between countries.

It would be a matter of reorganizing part of the spending planned for this year and aligning it with the new priorities, that is, the fight against the pandemic.

The objective is for the European Union to coordinate the necessary response in different territories during the different stages of the health crisis, starting with the most direct needs for medical supplies for the most affected regions or the transport of patients to less collapsed hospitals, for later also support medical research or the development of diagnostic tests, reports Efe.

14:24 Coronavirus: FC Barcelona will play a charity match in Igualada

The first team of FC Barcelona will play a charity match in Igualada, the epicenter in Catalonia of the Covid-19 pandemic, the mayor of the city, Marc Castells, and the president of the local club, Francesc Jorba, announced this Thursday at a press conference. .

Jorba explained that, after having a conversation yesterday with the president of FC Barcelona, ​​Josep Maria Bartomeu, "a match will be played" when circumstances allow, and for the benefit of the Hospital of Igualada and for the municipalities of Conca de Òdena " .

The match will be played at the Estadi Municipal de Les Comes, with capacity for 3,000 people. Mayor Castells thanked the Barça board "for this gesture of deference to the territory", four municipalities totally confined since March 13 in the center of Catalonia, where a hundred people have already died of coronavirus , reports Efe.

14:21 Coronavirus: Defense already deploys mixed patrol with the Civil Guard in critical facilities

Specifically, in essential energy companies, ports, airports and borders. Today the arrival of two Air Force planes, from Germany, loaded with medical supplies, is expected, reports Fernando Lázaro .

14:15 Catalan residences fear that families decide to remove their elders due to the coronavirus crisis

People in charge of Catalan residences express their fear that some families decide that the elderly leave the nursing homes as a consequence of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus .

Precisely today, the Minister of Health of the Generalitat, Alba Vergés, has advised that it is preferable that people who can take older people home during the pandemic, and the President of the Government, Quim Torra, has admitted errors with the residences: "There are things that the Generalitat has not done well". Read the full information of Héctor Marín .

14.00 A car park converted into a campaign mortuary in Barcelona.

The Collserola mortuary car park (Barcelona), currently closed to the public, has been converted into a campaign mortuary where, using the large refrigerators available for emergencies and catastrophes, the coffins that come from hospitals are stored in order to avoid collapse of the morgues, this Thursday, when the twentieth day of the state of alert decreed by the Government for the coronavirus pandemic that has caused more than 10,000 deaths in Spain is fulfilled. In Madrid, it is already cremated outside the region. Madrid will incinerate victims of coronavirus in other regions due to the collapse of the municipal funeral

13.51 Coronavirus leaves 8,377 fewer pensioners

The affiliation data published today by the Ministry of Social Security already confirm the high mortality that the coronavirus is having among older citizens: the number of pensioners fell in March by 8,377 people.

The figures show that, in particular, the total number went from 8,904,789 to 8,896,412 pensioners, which represents a very high reduction compared to both the previous months and the evolution in the same period of previous years, reports Daniel It travels . The number of pensioners already confirms the deaths caused by the coronavirus

13.49 A dozen universities will not have a student presence until after the summer

The end of the university year is approaching and the coronavirus pandemic is far from being eradicated. That is why there are more and more voices at the university that say that this course will not be taught again. Some campuses have already gone ahead and made the decision to terminate face-to-face classes on their own: they are the private University of Navarra and the 10 in Andalusia, where university students will not return to classrooms until after the summer, he reports. Olga R. Sanmartín . A dozen universities terminate this course the face-to-face classes

13.30 Incineration outside Madrid due to saturation

Those who died from the coronavirus have saturated the capacity of the Madrid municipal funeral home in terms of cremation. That is the reason why the City Council of the capital has already begun negotiations with other regions to try to move the bodies there and lighten the collapse suffered by their municipal service, as confirmed by the municipal spokeswoman, Inmaculada Sanz, as reported by Pablo Rodríguez Rubbing . Madrid will incinerate victims of coronavirus in other regions due to the collapse of the municipal funeral

13.13 Simón warns about the possible "accumulation" of Covid-19 patients

Fernando Simón, isolated at home due to his spread of coronavirus and telematically present at the press conference to update the crisis data, the focus is now on hospitalization and ICUs "so as not to reach a saturation level" But the director of Health Alerts says it with caution because the convalescence of this disease lasts for many days and an "accumulation" of patients can be created.

"We must ensure that we do not reach saturation in the ICUs in the next days or the beginning of the next week. With the new data, we see that we are achieving less and less growth in the ICUs, but it is also true that in a certain amount of accumulation occurs in these units, "says Laura Gutiérrez Ibañes .

13.08 The 12 tons of material purchased by Ada Colau arrive

The 12 tons of sanitary material that the Ada Colau City Council bought directly from manufacturers in the city of Shanghai arrive in Barcelona and that will serve to protect essential city services that perform tasks on the street, such as the City Guard, cleaning, firefighters, markets , cemeteries or social services .

In total there are 600,000 masks, 5,000 work overalls, 12,000 protective glasses and 9,600 hats, reports Germán González. .

13.03 Legally require the Generalitat to provide protection to the Mossos

The TSJC requires the Departament d'Interior de la Generalitat so that it "urgently and immediately" provides the Mossos d'Esquadra with protective material, such as masks, goggles, gloves, waterproof clothing and potentially dangerous waste containers.

In addition, it urges "a thorough process of decontamination and elimination of waste material used and daily disinfection" of police stations and police vehicles, reports Germán González.

12.59 Shock plan in Justice due to the coronavirus crisis

The General Council of the Judiciary has agreed on Thursday to draw up a shock plan for the resumption of judicial activity after the lifting of the state of alarm. The main objectives will be to avoid the collapse of the Administration of Justice and to speed up the resolution of all those matters whose delay may have a more negative impact on the economic recovery and attention to the most vulnerable groups .

The Permanent Commission has agreed to set up and put into operation the different working groups that will deal with the preparation of the crash plan under the supervision of the President of the Supreme Court and the CGPJ, Carlos Lesmes.

The objective of these working groups is to prepare a document that identifies the problems in the courts after the pandemic and proposes the measures that are considered appropriate, classifying these according to their nature and the competent body for their application, reports Angela Martialay.

12.53 Andalusia runs out of classroom classes until the end of the course

Andalusian university students will not return to classrooms in the remainder of this 2019-20 academic year. The rectors have decided to anticipate events and rule out a return to face-to-face classes that, in any case, ventured uncertain, given that the Central Government no longer rules out a further extension of the state of alarm and mandatory confinement, reports Teresa López Pavón . Andalusian universities will not retake face-to-face classes for the remainder of the course

12.51 Controversy over the preventive collection of sanitary material for the coronavirus

The

Daily press conference to follow up on the coronavirus epidemic has started this Thursday with the cold water jug ​​of the new record of deaths in a single day: 950 people, but also with the controversy that has caused the news that the Government

Spanish ignored the notice from the World Health Organization and the European Union to make preventive collection of medical equipment in the event of a possible explosion of the epidemic in the country, reports Laura Gutiérrez Ibañes .

The two organizations had notified the Government in early February of

the need to stockpile, but Spain considered that it had a sufficient stock of personal protective equipment material.

12.29 New Covid-19 respirators arrive

Health Minister Salvador Illa has announced 100 respirators per day for Covid-19 patients starting tomorrow and the agreement with the automobile company Seat that will produce 300 per day . The company Ersil de Móstoles will produce 5,000 units of respirators / fans that will be distributed in the coming weeks, according to Esther Mucientes .

"We are fully convinced that it is best to do as many tests as possible," said Salvador Illa in his appearance in Congress. A total of between 15,000 and 20,000 diagnostic tests are done daily, "but we believe that more needs to be done."

The government is working with several national companies to increase PCRs, he explained. Regarding rapid tests, the Carlos III infectious hospital has analyzed more than 70 products, since these tests are an appropriate complement to PCR, which have 80% sensitivity in people with more than 7 days of infection by Covid-19 and 64% in newly infected.

12.15 Respirators, "with minimum safety" for Covid-19 patients

The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) states that these must have "minimum security" requirements that are defined in a document that has been shared with the COTEC foundation for distribution.

Respirators are "highly accurate and complex" invasive equipment, designed for use in life support for a critically ill patient,

The Ministry of Health has said in a press release, collected by Efe.

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"Its design and functionality must guarantee, in addition to fulfilling its original function, that its use does not compromise the clinical status or safety of patients , nor the safety and health of users," he adds.

12.12 Illa: "An extraordinarily difficult duel" for the coronavirus

"If in normal situations starting a duel is already a painful situation, in this situation it is extremely difficult," said the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, in his appearance in the Congress of Deputies, in recognition of the relatives of the 10,003 people, with an increase of 10% in relation to this Wednesday, lower than the percentages of previous days. "We started the slowdown phase. The curve has stabilized," he says, "but there are still difficult weeks."

Illa explained that measures to reduce mobility "are having a direct effect" on the expansion of the coronavirus. Movement limitations were intended "to prevent the system from being unable to take on more infections, it was a priority to reduce the number of infected, knowing that the top of the hospitals would be reached in the second and third week" since the pandemic was declared.

11.57 Belgium doubles its coronavirus deaths in three days

More than a thousand people died from the coronavirus in Belgium, a balance that doubled in three days in this European kingdom of 11.4 million inhabitants, health authorities announced Thursday.

Belgium thus recorded 1,011 deaths in total since the start of the pandemic for 15,348 cases of contagion. The increase since Monday is due to the delay in the count of deaths in nursing homes , they said, according to France Presse.

"93% of the deaths are from people over 65 years old," said Dr. Emmanuel André, one of the spokesmen, underlining the occupation of 54% of the 2,300 beds in intensive care in the country.

Belgium extended the confinement last week until April 19, but Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès warned that it could be extended until May 3 depending on the evolution of the situation.

11.35 Spain adds another 950 deaths in 24 hours

Spain has set a new record of deaths in a single day from coronavirus (950 people) and the figure of 10,000 deaths from Covid-19 is already exceeded. The new data indicates that there are already 110,238 people infected. Coronavirus in Spain: new record of deaths, exceeding 10,000 deaths

11.27 About 5 million people pass solitary confinement

Almost five million people face solitary confinement. According to the latest data from the 2019 National Statistics Institute, in Spain 4.79 million people live alone, 1.3% more than the previous year, reports Efe.

11.10 The Mossos close a brothel that was kept open in the coronavirus crisis

The Mossos d'Esquadra close a brothel near the C-17 in the municipality of Orís and denounce the owner of the premises and two clients who were inside for breaking the confinement. A patrol saw cars outside the premises and that is why the agents entered to check, reports Germán González .

11.07 Citizens donate 10 million to fight the coronavirus

The website with donations to Madrid health by Covid-19, opened this Monday by the Community of Madrid, has reached 10 million euros from citizens, companies and entities in four days.

The web http://donamadrid.madrid offers options to choose which destination is given to each donation made: for protection material for health professionals, for the protection of patients or for the Ministry of Health to determine priority.

11.05 Madrid, waiting for 58 tons of sanitary material for the coonavirus

This Thursday afternoon the plane from Shanghai will finally land in Barajas, loaded with 58 tons of basic medical supplies . "And it will not be the only one," assured the president of the Community of Madrid through her Twitter account, where she made the announcement, picked up by Marta Belver.

The regional government had been waiting for 12 days for the arrival of this request, which had been delayed due to "various unforeseen events," according to the official explanation. The regional leader today thanked "all those involved" in the management: "We have succeeded."

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