- Coronavirus: De-escalation in Spain: what can be done and when in each phase
The Ministry of Health will announce today the territories that pass the phase in the de-escalation by the coronavirus after holding several bilateral meetings on Thursday. Among them, the Community of Madrid will know if next Monday, May 25, it evolves towards phase 1. Everything points to yes after the optimism that emerged from yesterday's meetings. The Minister of Health reiterated again that the objective is "to make the best decisions based on technical analysis and always thinking about the health of the entire population." "In all these meetings we have insisted on something very relevant and that I want to underline. The de- escalation process is not an exam or any competition to come before."
Coronavirus data in Spain
- * Source: Ministry of Health
- 67,049 in Madrid (8,931 dead)
- 55,888 in Catalonia (6,021 dead) (Wednesday data)
- 18,627 in Castilla y León (1,960 dead)
- 16,789 in Castilla-La Mancha (2,919 dead)
- 13,421 in the Basque Country (1,483 deaths)
- 12,547 in Andalusia (1,375 dead)
- 10,987 in the Valencian Community (1,383 dead)
- 9,077 in Galicia (608 dead)
- 5,588 in Aragon (848 dead)
- 5,195 in Navarra (506 dead)
- 4,033 in La Rioja (354 dead)
- 3,042 in Extremadura (505 dead)
- 2,374 in Asturias (307 dead)
- 2,307 in the Canary Islands (155 dead)
- 2,279 in Cantabria (209 dead)
- 2,024 in the Balearic Islands (221 dead)
- 1,570 in Murcia (149 dead)
- 121 in Melilla (2 dead)
- 119 in Ceuta (4 dead)
- As of Sunday, 149,576 people had been cured
- The last number of infected toilets was 51,090
Total figures: 233,037 cases of coronavirus diagnosed by PCR; 27,940 dead
08.51. There will be fines of more than a thousand euros for not quarantining upon arrival in the UK
The United Kingdom follows in the footsteps of Spain. It imposes quarantine on travelers, but also with fines for those who fail to do so. Travelers arriving in the UK from abroad may be fined up to £ 1,000 (about 1,100 euros) if they do not remain 14 days quarantine upon arrival in the country as a measure to prevent a second rebound of the coronavirus .
As confirmed by a spokesman for the British government, the British interior minister, Priti Patel, is expected to provide more details about this new standard this afternoon, which is expected to be introduced early next month. It appears that truck drivers and medical officials will be exempt from that quarantine and will not apply to the travel area with Ireland either.
On the other hand, those who come to the United Kingdom from France will have to comply with this requirement, contrary to what has been said in recent days. International travelers will have to fill out a form upon entering the country, in which they must specify their contact details and could be subjected to surprise inspections by health workers in order to ensure that they comply with the provisions.
08.45. Vox may demonstrate by car in Madrid after changing the route of the protest
Vox will be able to celebrate this Saturday in Madrid its demonstration by car against the government's management in the coronavirus crisis , since the Santiago Abascal party has modified the route as it had been indicated by the Government Delegation led by José Manuel Frank.
Vox spokesman in Congress, Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, explained that they have adapted the route in the capital so that it is "optimal" according to the recommendation of the Government Delegation. After the change, the so-called 'Caravan for Spain and its Freedom' will leave Madrid at 12.00 p.m. from Plaza de Cibeles, from which all vehicles can access from the Paseo de Recoletos heading north.
08.43. Municipalities with up to 10,000 inhabitants will not have time slots for sports and walking with children
The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published new measures to relax the confinement of municipalities with up to 10,000 inhabitants. Among them, the elimination of the time slots for sports and taking walks with children who may already be accompanied by more than one adult. This order will be applied to municipalities and entities lower than the municipality of up to 10,000 inhabitants and population density of less than 100 inhabitants per square kilometer that are in phase 0 or phase 1.
Registered persons or those who have remained in those places for the last fourteen days may benefit from these measures. However, those who present symptoms or are in home isolation due to a diagnosis of Covid-19 will not be able to do so. Neither do those who are in a period of home quarantine for having had close contact with someone with symptoms or diagnosed with coronavirus.
08.06. The Generalitat reports that the deaths from coronaviruses in Catalonia are double those registered
The fatalities recorded by the funeral companies in Catalonia in the last twenty-four hours as a result of the coronavirus amount to 43, bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 11,766, double the deaths recorded by the Ministry of Health of the central executive that in the latest data puts the number of deaths in Catalonia at 6,021, as reported by the Health Department of the Generalitat this Friday.
07.52. Bolsonaro announces the "imminent" opening of the economy after a new record of deaths in one day
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced that the reopening of the economy is "imminent", despite the fact that the country is in the worst moments of the coronavirus pandemic , after having recorded a new record of deaths in a single day , 1,188. The far-right president has participated this Thursday by videoconference in a meeting with some of the state governors to discuss this situation, as well as a lunch with the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, who defended that the city was ready to start with his usual routine. "Today I spoke to Mayor Crivella about issues that are his responsibility. A very good conversation. We are about to open, with responsibility, it is logical, trade, so that misery does not apply in Brazil," he said on Thursday. their acolytes, gathered at the gates of the Alvorada Palace.
07.08. Health decides today if all of Spain leaves behind and Phase 0 of the de-escalation
Today it will be known if, as expected, practically the whole of Spain is already in phase one of the de-escalation from Monday and even some territories progress to more close situations, the so-called new normality. The round of bilateral meetings between the Government and the autonomous communities to advance the Plan of de-escalation has concluded this Thursday with meetings with Andalusia, Valencia, Catalonia, Madrid and the Basque Country, as reported by the Ministry of Health.
07.06. Northeast China continues to register new infections, although in minimal numbers
Northeast China, where a small outbreak of the coronavirus has been detected for weeks , continues to register new infections in minimal numbers, with two new positives out of the four recorded this Thursday throughout the country, the National Health Commission has reported. The two cases in the northeast were caused by local contagion in Jilin province, where more than thirty infected have been diagnosed in the last two weeks. The remaining two cases were registered in the central province of Sichuán and correspond to travelers coming from abroad, so these are the so-called "imported" cases.
06.47. White House butler under 11 presidents dies of coronavirus
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman , who was butler of the White House under eleven administrations, has died at the age of 91 of coronavirus , his family told US media. Jerman entered the White House in 1957 with Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) as President of the United States and retired in 2012 , during the term of Barack Obama (2009-2017). Although he started out as a cleaner, it didn't take long for him to take over the role of steward, a promotion promoted during the Presidency of John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) by then-first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, a Jerman's granddaughter revealed to the local affiliate of Fox News in Washington.
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