Coronavirus Breaking News | The WHO again rejects the use of masks for the population

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Waiting for a new extension of the state of alarm for the coronavirus in Spain to be debated in Congress this Thursday, the data on deaths and infections by Covid-19 have increased again after four consecutive days of decline. In the last 24 hours, 743 people have died in Spain due to coronavirus , making a total of 13,798 deaths.

Coronavirus data in Spain

Source: Ministry of Health

Total figures: 140,510 cases of coronavirus diagnosed, 13,798 dead

• 40,469 in Madrid (5,371 dead)
• 28,323 in Catalonia (2,908 dead)
• 11,077 in Castilla-La Mancha (1,177 deaths)
• 9,581 in Castilla y León (982 dead)
• 9,021 in the Basque Country (586 dead)
• 8,767 in Andalusia (528 dead)
• 7,443 in the Valencian Community (672 dead)
• 6,331 in Galicia (204 dead)
• 3,449 in Aragon (312 dead)
• 3,355 in Navarra (202 dead)
• 2,846 in La Rioja (160 dead)
• 2,116 in Extremadura (258 dead)
• 1,725 ​​in the Canary Islands (89 dead)
• 1,679 in Asturias (96 dead)
• 1,501 in Cantabria (85 dead)
• 1,369 in the Balearic Islands (84 dead)
• 1,283 in Murcia (78 dead)
• 92 in Melilla (2 dead)
• 83 in Ceuta (4 dead)
• 43,208 people have been cured

16:46 Coronavirus: González Laya believes that the mutualization of debt is not of "pedigüeños"

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, stressed on Tuesday that demanding from Brussels the implementation of debt mutualization mechanisms with which to face the economic derivative of the coronavirus crisis is not typical of " pedigüeños ", or" countries that are better or worse prepared than others ", but the" logical consequence "of belonging to the European Union.

He said this in an interview in Onda Cero collected by Servimedia, in which he reiterated the Government's position within the EU on the advisability of Brussels providing a joint response to face the economic derivative of the Covid-19 crisis .

16:42 Coronavirus: the Xunta sees "insufficient" the distribution of the Government of masks for carriers

The Xunta considers "insufficient" the distribution of masks in Galicia that the Ministry of Transport began to distribute on Monday through the Post offices for the distribution sector.

Likewise, it is committed to implementing the use of these protection elements among the professionals of the neighborhood distribution. To do this, he advocates taking advantage of the 10,000 masks delivered by the Galician government to the group of carriers in the Community, reports Europa Press.

16:26 Doctors refuse to return to work seven days after having symptoms of coronavirus

The Medical Profession Forum has argued that health workers who have not undergone the coronavirus test, but who have had symptoms for seven days and do not have fever, return to work, as advised by a document from the Ministry of Health.

The Medical Profession Forum, made up of medical colleges, scientific societies and medical unions, opposes this proposal by the Ministry and demands that until a negative PCR is obtained - the most reliable test to detect the coronavirus- That professional doesn't go back to work.

On the protocol, the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, assured last Monday that his department is reviewing it.

16:16 3,734 health workers in Madrid are on leave due to being infected with a coronavirus or maintaining quarantine

A total of 3,734 health professionals in the Community of Madrid are currently on leave due to contagion of coronavirus or in isolation, having been in contact with positive cases.

2,557 of them are health workers who have contracted the disease and 1,177 are in 'quarantine', according to data collected from the staff of the Madrid Health Service (SERMAS) until last Sunday.

This is evidenced by the counselor of the Community of Madrid, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, in a letter sent to the unions of the Sectorial Table (Satse, CCOO, Amyts, CSIT Professional Union and UGT), who just yesterday requested an urgent meeting of this organ to know the impact of the coronavirus in the region, reports Europa Press.

16:00 The TSJC urges the Generalitat to provide material against the coronavirus to all ambulance services

The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) urges the Generalitat to provide all "the ambulance services of Catalonia, both for urgent medical transport and for non-urgent medical transport, with the minimum material essential to guarantee health and safety of health professionals, and specifically the following: impervious gowns; FPP2 and FPP3 masks; goggles; gloves; waste containers; alcoholic solution for disinfection; and disinfection products for vehicles. " The court considers a petition by the Usoc union to claim these urgent measures in ambulances, reports Germán González

15:55 Coronavirus: the Government will mobilize unemployed by decree to collect the crops from the field

The Government approved today in the Council of Ministers a Royal Decree with a series of measures to alleviate the lack of labor in the field. Specifically, it will make the hiring of immigrants and unemployed more flexible so that they can join these jobs (in the case of the unemployed, they can continue to collect unemployment) and will extend the residence permit to the seasonal workers who are already here. Read the complete information of Raquel Villaécija .

15:47 Montero: "There would be no money to pay for the work of all the front-line workers"

The spokesperson minister María Jesús Montero highlighted at a press conference in reference to the workers who face the coronavirus on the front line that "there would be no money to pay for their work." In relation to the 52,000 health professionals that the Government announced that they were going to join, Montero assures that the Government does not have the data and refers it to the Autonomous Communities, reports Manuel Fernández Bustelo .

15:45 Coronavirus: the courts of Madrid have resolved almost 11,000 cases during the extension of the state of alarm

The courts and tribunals of the Community of Madrid have resolved a total of 10,942 cases during the first fortnight of the extension of the state of alarm, a figure that highlights the fact that all the activities and legal proceedings classified as unavoidable in the approved instructions The General Council of the Judiciary, in the agreements of its Permanent Commission, have been attended without exception. The resolution of this number of cases also states that there has been no process or resolution of any urgent or urgent action, the neglect of which would have caused irreparable damage. The resolved issues correspond to the execution of the so-called essential activities that have not been paralyzed during the alarm state, such as arrests, issues of gender violence or resources in prison matters, reports Angela Martialay .

15:42 Catalan ICUs for the coronavirus are at 87% of their capacity

The Minister of Health of the Generalitat, Alba Vergés, detailed this Tuesday that 87% of the 1,753 beds in intensive care units (ICUs) intended for patients with coronavirus are occupied - 1,529 admitted patients-, and she argued that they have 257 more ICU for that healthcare activity that is not related to the pandemic, reports Víctor Mondelo .

15:29 Montero: "We do not fear that the number of deaths from coronavirus will be higher than the one we have notified"

"We do not fear that the number of deceased persons is higher than that we have notified by the Autonomous Communities. We have broad confidence in this data collection," said María Jesús Montero, referring to the difference in data in the number of deaths due to coronavirus. detected by the Superior Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha.

Montero's answer to El Mundo's question about the tests exported by Spain until March 15, the government's minister spokesperson assures that "Any question prior to the Alarm State are theoretical exercises that do not correspond to reality. We have to take decisions with the best available information, with the information of the moment ", informs Manuel Fernández Bustelo .

14:43. María Jesús Montero: "Spain needs a great country agreement" due to the coronavirus

The Government spokeswoman has said that the Government intends to "open a horizon of collaboration with political groups and different social sectors to analyze the future." Spain needs a great country agreement. We need the talent and the contribution of all the political, social and economic actors ... "to end the coronavirus pandemic.

Montero assures that the most immediate is the recovery of work activity once the recoverable paid leave has passed. Non-essential activities workers will return to work. This measure has been very effective. "We thank the business sector as a whole for this measure."

The return of these workers to work will be controlled and will be with the maximum precautions. "We want workers to be able to carry out their work with security guarantees and that the virus is kept under control."

According to Montero, the European Union will be asked in the next meetings that Europe act as a block in the acquisition of medical devices and to commonly address economic issues. "It would be necessary to work on a sort of Marshall Plan" that would allow this health emergency to be addressed, reports Manuel Fernández Bustelo .

14:28 María Jesús Montero: "The isolation measures are working and are being effective"

The Government spokeswoman and Finance Minister, María Jesús Montero, assured after the meeting of the Council of Ministers that "the isolation measures are working and are being effective" and that they have addressed in the Council the extension of the Alarm State until 24 April, reports Manuel Fernández Bustelo .

"Today, the data that we monitor indicates that we are going in the right direction. All the technicians point out that fewer cases are reported on weekends than are seen later in the week. We are moving in the right direction, the isolation measures are working and being effective. "

He added that the collective effort is translating into lives saved and "time saved for our health system" in order to strengthen itself. "We are managing to stabilize the epidemic in health terms."

"The coordination of the whole of the SNS is being a whole that acts in the whole of the population and that allows to coordinate the availability of material and the action protocols," he said.

14.21. More controls in Catalonia

The Mossos d'Esquadra will increase controls after traffic rose 7% yesterday in the city and 14% entrance compared to Monday of last week. Interior Minister Miquel Buch regrets that some people broke the confinement in an "irresponsible and unsupportive" way to go to second homes. For this reason, he urges working with local councils and denouncing "uncivil" attitudes to fine.

14:10 Coronavirus: the National Court refuses to impose on the Interior the delivery of masks to the police

The National Court has rejected the request of three police unions to order protective measures against the coronavirus , among them the provision of Personal Protection Equipment and detection tests to the agents, reports Manuel Marraco . The three resolutions emphasize the "enormous effort" of the Interior to collect the material and its "notorious" shortage in the markets, which is a problem that "overflows" to the Administration. "For this reason, we can say that precautionary measures such as those requested would contribute nothing in this scenario, because the Ministry has already arranged for the delivery of equipment and compliance with preventive regulations, and it does not cease its actions to try to obtain the necessary means and make such delivery effective. "

13.58. Xavier Tiras evolves "very well"

The former mayor of Barcelona and former counselor of the Generalitat Xavier Trias, admitted to the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona due to coronavirus, "is doing very well and in the next few hours he will probably be able to return home," according to sources close to the Catalan politician. Trias, 73, a pediatrician as well as a politician, was admitted to the Hospital Clínic on March 29 when his symptoms of fever and persistent cough worsened for a week, when he tested positive for coronavirus.

13.44. "Intrusion" in the coronavirus cleanup sector

The Association of Disinfection and Pest Control Companies of Catalonia warns of the appearance of more intrusions in the sector with companies "little specialized" that offer cleaning services for the coronavirus with "system that are not effective and that act without protective equipment individual, raising the risk for all involved. " They assure that these companies act "without the knowledge or the necessary guarantees to carry out an effective disinfection".

13.32. Coronavirus: Police detect relaxation

The Police alert that they are noticing "a certain relaxation" among the citizens when it comes to complying with the rules of house confinement. "We cannot allow it," warned Police Commissioner José García Molina at the usual press conference for the technical team in La Moncloa. And for this reason, it announced that it will increase security at night and increase controls on holidays. Read the complete information by clicking on this link .

13.12. 2,319 sanctions and 32 arrests in Madrid for the state of alarm for the coronavirus

On Monday, the security forces filed 2,319 sanction proposals and detained 32 people in the Community of Madrid for failing to comply with the security measures of the state of alarm to prevent the spread of the coronavirus .

In the balance of the actions of the previous day, the Delegation of the Government in Madrid includes this Tuesday the interventions of the National Police, Civil Guard, Madrid Municipal Police and the rest of the local police of the municipalities of the region. According to the figures offered, on Monday 38,570 people were identified, 2,319 sanction proposals were registered with 32 arrests and 2,270 vehicles were intercepted without authorization to circulate.

13.03. Italian commissioner for the coronavirus crisis: "We are not a few steps from the exit"

The Italian commissioner for managing the coronavirus emergency, Domenico Arcuri, warned on Tuesday that this is not the time to rely on the best data on infections and that Italy "is not a few steps from the exit" from the crisis. "No algorithm or trend can cancel the number of human lives that have been lost. We know that the number of women and men who will die will continue to grow in the coming days , so I ask you not to forget that in the next days of Easter This invisible, strong and unknown virus has caused 16,523 lives until yesterday ", began Arcuri, in a harsh appearance transmitted from Civil Protection. For this reason, he added: "I beg you, that in the next hours, days, you will never erase this number, 16,523, from your memory."

12.53. Coronavirus: WHO again rejects the use of masks for the population

The WHO has again rejected the use of masks for the general population , since, as it has explained, they can create a "false sense of security" and avoid the practice of measures that have proven to be more effective, such as washing hands and physical distance. In addition, it has published a report on the rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) against the coronavirus, in which, among other considerations, it warns that cotton masks may be a potential source of infection since they are not resistant to fluids and therefore can retain moisture and become contaminated.

Thus, it has rejected the use of these masks by health personnel because, in addition, the microorganisms that are capable of crossing the protection barrier that cotton implies are unknown. Likewise, it has warned that there is no scientific evidence that shows that masks made of synthetic materials are effective in protecting health professionals who care for patients with Covid-19 .

12.40. Successful Coronavirus Vaccine Tested in Mice

Researchers from the Universities of Iowa and Georgia (United States) have developed a vaccine that completely protects mice against a lethal dose of MERS-CoV, which is the coronavirus that causes respiratory syndrome in the Middle East and is a 'close cousin' of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the current coronavirus pandemic.

The vaccine uses a harmless virus to deliver a MERS-CoV coronavirus protein into cells to elicit an immune response, and may hold promise for developing vaccines against other coronavirus diseases, such as Covid-19.

12.33. Police warn of "some relaxation" in confinement due to coronavirus

"There is no need to find excuses to leave the house. Disobedience puts everyone in danger ." The intervention of José García Molina, deputy director general of Logistics and Innovation of the National Police, has been forceful, and he has reported more than 4,000 sanction records in the last 24 hours, an increase of 5% compared to the previous day. "We have intercepted young people who were going on a picnic, people hiding in trunks to circumvent the controls ... In recent days we have observed a certain relaxation that we cannot allow," said Molina, "the surveillance work will be reinforced in these days of Easter ".

12.26. Barcelona extends the moratorium on public housing rental until August

The Barcelona City Council has extended until the end of August the moratorium on the payment of rental fees for homes and commercial premises that it manages through the Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation. On March 24, the City Council had already announced a first moratorium corresponding to the monthly payments of April, May and June, which would be prorated in the following 18 months.

12.15. Justice collects burial data to gather "truthful" information on death toll

The Ministry of Justice has begun to compile on a daily basis the number of deaths recorded in all civil registries and burial licenses granted to have "objective and truthful" information on the number of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. As explained by the general director of Legal Security, Sofía Puente, "it is the only way to offer society truthful, contrasted and as objective information as possible, which will also allow health authorities to focus on those places where mortality rates have been increased. "

The General Directorate of Legal Security and Public Faith issued an instruction last Saturday to all civil registries so that, at the end of the working day, they send an email with these data, specifying whether the death has occurred in a hospital, residence or home. habitual. The objective is to have information on all cases after verifying the impossibility of having the usual platform to share this information updated -Inforeg- due to the increase in deaths and the reduction of personnel in civil registries.

12.03. "The increase in coronavirus cases is due to the adjustment of the data for the weekend"

Despite the fact that after four consecutive days of decreases, the number of deaths and infections in Spain by the coronavirus has rebounded in the last 24 hours, Health considers that the trend continues to be downward and that "the increase in cases of coronavirus is it owes to the adjustment of the data of the weekend ", that as already explained at the time the Ministry is not finished collecting in its entirety until Tuesday.

11.57. Madrid has inspected 285 residences for the coronavirus

The Community of Madrid has inspected 285 nursing homes since the crash plan was launched on March 27 to establish a diagnosis of the healthcare network, sources from the Ministry of Health have detailed. As for the Territorial Plan for Civil Protection of the Community of Madrid (Platercam), which was activated on March 13 and in which the health team, the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and the firefighters work together, they have been already recognized 482 residences of the 1,500 that the Community has among the elderly, disabled and religious, indicate the same sources.

11.56. Two arrested for selling medical supplies at a price 10 times higher

The Civil Guard has arrested the two administrators of a Logroño company for withdrawing from the market significant amounts of hydroalcoholic gel, masks of different levels of protection and surgical gloves, which they put up for sale on their website with prices up to ten times higher than those on the market. 542 liters of hydroalcoholic gel and 5 packages of FFP2 type masks have been operated, prepared in different containers for immediate distribution by postal parcel throughout the national territory, the armed institute has detailed.

11.30. Rebound of deaths from coronavirus in Spain in the last 24 hours, 743 more

Spain has seen a rebound in coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours. Of the 637 on Monday, 743 new deaths have been registered today, up to a total of 13,798 deaths. According to data from the Ministry of Health, the total number of infected amounts to 140,510 people, after registering another 5,478 new cases, compared to 4,273 on Monday, the lowest number in the last two weeks. For its part, the number of people who have needed admission to the ICU amounts to 7,069 seriously ill patients, 138 more than those registered this Monday. The number of patients who have managed to heal and overcome the Covid-19 continues to grow in thousands of people every day and now represent 43,208 patients, which represents 2,771 more than yesterday, compared to 2,357 the previous day.

11.05. Facebook to Offer User Data to Coronavirus Researchers

Facebook will provide new types of anonymous user data, including potential contacts with people close to your location and friends, to help experts and institutions investigating the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

As the company has announced in a statement, Facebook has expanded its Data for Good program , which pursues social uses with its data, and which already provides information on user movements to researchers and organizations that fight the coronavirus .

Now, the company has added three new types of data to its health expert data program, with the goal of "helping to inform efforts to predict the disease and take preventive measures." This is anonymised aggregated data to protect the privacy of users.

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