The coronavirus pandemic remains unstoppable. According to the latest data worldwide, infections continue to rise, reaching a record of daily infected. Meanwhile, the de-escalation against the coronavirus is advancing with a firm step in Spain with the incorporation of other eight provinces, including those of Valencia and Malaga, to Phase 2, so that 70% of the Spanish population will be in the called intermediate stadium, while the Balearic island of Formentera and the Canary Islands of El Hierro, La Gomera and La Graciosa arrive at Phase 3.

Coronavirus data in Spain

    * Source: Ministry of Health

    Total figures: 237,906 cases of coronavirus diagnosed by PCR; 27,119 dead

  • 68,451 in Madrid (8,691 dead)
  • 58,427 in Catalonia (5,584 dead)
  • 18,682 in Castilla y León (1,922 dead)
  • 17,068 in Castilla-La Mancha (2,945 dead)
  • 13,489 in the Basque Country (1,424 dead)
  • 12,639 in Andalusia (1,404 dead)
  • 11,160 in the Valencian Community (1,332 dead)
  • 9,115 in Galicia (608 dead)
  • 5,656 in Aragon (826 dead)
  • 5,223 in Navarra (490 dead)
  • 4,044 in La Rioja (360 dead)
  • 2,961 in Extremadura (507 dead)
  • 2,400 in Asturias (310 dead)
  • 2,327 in the Canary Islands (151 dead)
  • 2,297 in Cantabria (202 dead)
  • 2,124 in the Balearic Islands (209 dead)
  • 1,593 in Murcia (148 dead)
  • 121 in Melilla (2 dead)
  • 129 in Ceuta (4 dead)
  • As of Sunday, 149,576 people had been cured
  • The last number of infected toilets was 51,090

11.34. Germany registers 741 infections by coronavirus and raises the balance to more than 180,000 infected

In the last 24 hours, Germany has registered 741 infections and 39 deaths from coronavirus , compared to 353 positives and 62 deaths the previous day, bringing the balance of the pandemic to more than 180,000 people infected and more than 8,400 deaths. originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute, the German government agency responsible for monitoring infectious diseases.

11.15. Common cold viruses could generate cross immunity in population

The viruses of the common cold belong to the coronavirus family and are therefore cousins ​​of SARS-VOC-2 . These family ties could have generated "cross immunity" in part of the population that has suffered from it in a mild or asymptomatic way, explains the microbiologist Julio García. This is one of the hypotheses that science raises about a pandemic caused by this "puzzling" virus, as defined by the head of the Microbiology Service of the La Paz University Hospital in Madrid in an interview with Efe. "We still don't know more than we know" about the SARS-VOC-2 that erupted in China six months ago and has already spread worldwide, although "in record time" progress has been made in knowing how it works. Therefore, the expert warns of a possible regrowth as a result of de-escalation which, in his opinion, is going to be a "trial-error" process.

Daily coronavirus infections break world record

The coronavirus pandemic originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan has left more than 360,000 fatalities and more than 5.8 million people infected worldwide, beating its record of cases in one day with more than 117,000 infections in the last 24 hours and with Brazil registering more than 26,000 positives, according to the latest balance from Johns Hopkins University. According to data updated at 9:30 am this Friday, the global balance of the coronavirus amounts to 5.8 million cases and 360,412 fatalities in 188 countries and territories.

10.55. Deaths from coronavirus rise in Russia with 232 deaths, the highest number since the start of the pandemic

In Russia in recent days the number of deaths from the coronavirus has risen and today added 232 new deaths, the highest number since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country, according to the operational center to fight Covid-19. In total so far 4,374 people have died from this disease, detected in Russia on March 1, always according to official figures.

10.54. The military will stop providing support in hospitals in the Canary Islands and Valladolid and in Ifema

The Ministry of Defense has decided, after receiving the pertinent request from the Government Delegations, that the military stop providing support in hospitals in the Canary Islands and Valladolid, in social centers and facilities in the Canary Islands and Madrid and in the Ifema fairgrounds in Madrid. As reported by Defense sources, the Government Delegations have required that the military stop providing their support, "for not considering them necessary", in the field hospital of Medina del Campo (Valladolid), in the Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria and in the Red Cross facilities in Tenerife, at the Hospital de La Palma, where they will stop working tomorrow, at the Casa del Mar reception center in Ferrol (La Coruña), from where they will withdraw on Monday, and at the facilities of Ifema and the Colegio Mayor 'Jorge Juan' in Madrid, where they will cease to be present on the same Monday. To this must be added the withdrawal of the oxygen plant in the Madrid Central Defense Hospital, a fact that will take place today.

10.51. Moreno hopes that Andalusia can pass "as a whole" to the next Phase 3

The Chairman of the Board, Juanma Moreno, has expressed his satisfaction that Granada and Malaga will move to Phase 2 next Monday, in which the rest of the Andalusian provinces were already present, and he said that he hopes that the entire community " as a whole "you can access 3 when appropriate. During a visit in Granada to the wastewater treatment plant (EDAR) Los Vados, he considered that this next advance, announced this Thursday by the Ministry of Health, of the two provinces that continue in Phase 1 was "reasonable and sensible" , although he has added that this decision "comes late".

10.48. The Italian economy fell 5.3% in the first quarter and entered a recession due to the coronavirus

The Italian economy fell 5.3% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the last three months of last year, far exceeding the 4.7% estimate that the Italian National Institute of Statistics had initially made ( Istat). The Istat has released official data confirming that the country entered a recession and the 5.4% drop in gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2019.

This sharp drop has not been recorded since the first quarter of 1995, added the agency. With the data known this Friday, which reflects the impact that the coronavirus epidemic has had , it is confirmed what was already anticipated in April and that is that the country enters a technical recession, since its gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0, 3% in the last quarter of 2019.

10.35. Torra and Sánchez agree by telephone a Generalitat-Government meeting for Nissan

The President of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, and that of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, have spoken on the phone after Nissan's decision to close the plants it has in Catalonia, and agreed to hold a meeting next week between those responsible for the Govern and the Central executive to study possible solutions. The Government spokeswoman, Meritxell Budó, said this in an interview on Onda Cero, explaining that the meeting between the heads of both administrations should serve "to work together on how to face the possibility or not of reversing this situation, speaking directly with Japan" . "We will do what is necessary," he stressed when asked if they will try a direct dialogue with the Nissan leadership in Japan, and said that it is a message that Torra and Sánchez agreed in their telephone conversation.

10.32. They work on a portable test to diagnose the coronavirus in Primary Care

The company Genetic Analysis Strategies, a pioneer in creating PCR tests for the diagnosis of coronavirus , is working on a new project that aims to "tame genetic analysis" with a portable prototype that can "leave" the laboratory and allow primary care to carry out that test. "I want to ensure that any health center has the possibility of genetically testing people with symptoms, or with suspicions of being infected, or those at high risk," says in an interview with Efe the director of this Elche company, the doctor Antonio Martínez-Murcia, who adds that they seek to "make genetic analysis possible for many people and centralize the information." The new method, says Martínez-Murcia, consists of a simple apparatus (a tube incubator) that allows non-specialized personnel to perform a quick test just by adding the sample.

10.20. Brazil breaks its record of daily coronavirus infections with more than 26,700 new cases

Brazil has broken its daily record of new coronavirus infections , with at least 26,754, and there are already more than 438,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the South American giant, the second most affected by the pandemic worldwide, only behind from the United States. In addition, for the third consecutive day, Brazil has overcome the barrier of a thousand deaths, after adding 1,156 more names to a blacklist that already accumulates 26,754 fatalities, according to a balance of the Ministry of Health collected by G1.

10.17. Andalusia requires a responsible declaration of not presenting symptoms of coronavirus to visit elderly people in residences

Family members who wish to visit people admitted to residential centers for the elderly, disabled, dependent and addiction problems and minors under guardianship in Andalusia must make a responsible declaration of not presenting symptoms related to the Covid-19 coronavirus at the time of the visit or in the previous 14 days.

This is established by an order of the Ministry of Health and Families, consulted by Europa Press, which regulates the decisions to resume visits to these residential social service centers in conditions of safety in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and which has already entered into force. The order establishes in the first place that the resumption of visits and walks in the residences requires that the centers have a "contingency plan to guarantee an effective and safe response to new epidemic outbreaks" of Covid-19 and adopt preventive measures such as "the physical safety distance of two meters between people in the residential center, frequent hand hygiene and the use of a surgical mask in all areas of the center where the safety distance cannot be maintained by staff and users", as well as hygiene and cleaning protocols for "the correct use of all available spaces".

10.15. French GDP falls 5.3% in the first quarter due to coronavirus

The French Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 5.3% in the first quarter of the year, reported the national statistical institute, Insee, a figure that already shows the impact of the first 15 days of confinement in the country due to the coronavirus . Initially, the Insee had predicted a drop in GDP of 5.8%, but ended up correcting "certain estimates" referring to the month of March, when a general quarantine was established in the country. The fall in GDP in the first quarter is equal to that recorded in the second quarter of 1968, when there were massive strikes in the country, especially in May.

10.13. Fines of up to 900 euros for throwing the mask or gloves on the floor

This week the City of Rome has approved an ordinance that establishes fines of between 25 and 500 euros for those who throw the masks or gloves used on public roads to avoid the spread of the coronavirus . In its ordinance, the "prohibition" to abandon this type of protection object throughout the municipal territory and the aforementioned fines are established until July 31, unless abandonment constitutes a crime. In Spain, and in the face of the proliferation of abandoned sanitary material on the street, many municipalities have established municipal ordinances with fines ranging up to 600 euros.

10.03. 37% of the staff of the Hospital de Alcalá were infected with coronavirus and more than half were asymptomatic

37% of the workers at the Principe de Asturias Hospital, in Alcalá de Henares, were infected with coronaviruses and 19% of those who were coronavirus positive without prior PCR were asymptomatic, while 18.6% of the employees did become ill. This is reflected in the seroprevalence study carried out by the hospital, one of the hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis , to find out the impact of the pandemic among its professionals. One of the conclusions of the study is that there were no differences between health personnel and management and service personnel, indicating that exposure to the virus was "similar" in both groups of workers, both inside and outside the hospital.

09.41. Reyes Maroto: "The tourism forecast for the summer is good"

The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, has assured that tourism forecasts for the summer are "good", despite the impact of the coronavirus , in light of the current rate of reservations and the impressions transmitted by major tour operators . Speaking to Cope, Maroto said that it will be "a different summer" due to the coronavirus and the subsequent restrictions that have had to be applied, but "the forecasts are good." He explained that this Thursday he had videoconferences with tour operators and airport managers who bring visitors from the main origin markets, such as the German one, "and they tell us that reservations are being revived a lot".

09.38. British and Australian motorcycle grand prix canceled due to coronavirus

The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), the Team Association (IRTA) and the organizing company of the MotoGP World Championship, the Spanish Dorna Sports, have announced the definitive cancellation of the 2020 Grand Prix of Great Britain and Australia as a result of the outbreak continuum of coronavirus and the resulting calendar changes. The British Grand Prix was scheduled for August 28-30 at the Silverstone circuit, which hosted its first Grand Prix on the British continent since 1977, to which MotoGP returned ten years ago after being in Donington Park for a long time. He remains out of motorcycling for the first time in the Championship's more than 70-year history.

Australia and its legendary Phillip Island circuit had their appointment between October 23 and 25, after being in charge of organizing the race since 1997, previously in Eastern Creek, with its unique design that provides some of the best battles ever seen in the two wheels.

09.27. The PNV conditions the support to the alarm to that the Government relaxes phase 3 and the decisions are taken by the autonomies

The PNV spokesman in the Congress of Deputies, Aitor Esteban, has affirmed that his party will negotiate with the Government of Pedro Sánchez to relax Phase 3 of de - escalation by the coronavirus and to leave in the hands of the autonomous communities "the decisions that could be taken around her "in exchange for her support for the extension of the state of alarm. In an interview with Onda Vasca, Esteban stated that yesterday he received a call from the PSOE to start talking about the extension of the state of alarm. "You have to see black on white what the Spanish State proposes," he added.

09.26. The Pope opens the Vatican gardens for a summer camp for children

For the first time, the well-kept Vatican Gardens will not only be visited by some tourists and a place for a walk in the Curia, since the Pope has authorized that during the month of July they become the space for a summer camp for the children of the workers of the Holy See. "Summer for children in the Vatican" is the program launched by the secretary of the Vatican Governor, the Spanish Fernando Vérgez, so that the children of the employees can enjoy a summer camp in which many areas normally closed to the public will be used. public.

09.17. Irene Montero: "The Right has been calling for Army insubordination for weeks"

After the hard confrontation lived this Thursday in the commission for Reconstruction between the vice-president of the Government, Pablo Iglesias, and the deputy of Vox Iván Epinosa de los Monteros, where the vice-president accused his party of wanting "a coup d'etat", the Equality Minister Irene Montero has continued the war of accusations and has defended the work of Iglesias. In an interview on RTVE, Montero assured that "the vice president's work is commendable (...) The right has been calling for the insubordination of the Army for weeks": "The right likes democracy when they rule. They only generate tension and hatred "he stated.

08.55. Alcalá de Henares will request a seroprevalence study such as the one in Torrejón

The City Council of Alcalá de Henares will request the Community of Madrid to develop a seroprevalence study with the Hospital Príncipe de Asturias "just like the one in Torrejón", in accordance with the resolution of the Ministry of Health that regulates the implementation of these massive tests. This has been indicated on social networks by the mayor of the municipality, Javier Rodríguez Palacios, to add that just as the municipality of Torrejón has received "support" from its reference hospital, it will request the same for its city. "The Torrejon Hospital belongs to the Madrid Health System under concession to Ribera Salud and that of Alcalá depends directly on Mrs. Isabel Díaz Ayuso," added the councilman.

08.38. The Government includes the port of Motril among the ports of entry to Spain

The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda has issued an Order that includes the port of Motril (Granada) as the port of entry to Spain with the capacity to deal with the health emergency caused by the expansion of the coronavirus . In the Order, published this Friday in the Official State Gazette (BOE), it is explained that the inclusion of the port of Motril in the list of ports of entry to Spain occurs after the request made by the Community of Andalusia to the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa.

08.29. The Boston Marathon is canceled for the first time in 124 years by the coronavirus

Organizers of the Boston Marathon have confirmed the cancellation, for the first time in 124 years, of the historic long distance race due to the coronavirus pandemic . The legendary long distance race began in 1897 when 15 men drew a starting line on the ground in Ashland and made their way to the city to commemorate the first modern Olympics the year before. Organizers said they will instead have a "virtual event between September 7-14," in which participants who verify that they ran 26.2 miles (42,165 kilometers) on their own will receive the medal for completing it.

08.19. Seoul will reduce the number of students in classrooms as the coronavirus cases pick up

The South Korean government has announced that it will reduce the number of students who can simultaneously attend schools in the capital region due to the upswing in cases registered around Seoul. Primary and secondary schools in the capital and its surroundings will only be able to receive at the same time a third of the total of its students, while those of high school will only be able to host two thirds simultaneously, as reported by the Deputy Minister of Education, Park Baeg -beom. Pending the publication of more details on how the student rotations will be carried out and whether the system will be accompanied by online support classes, Park assured, in statements collected by the Yonhap agency, that the Government will continue with the third and last phase of the staggered reopening of schools.

08.16. The Council of Ministers today approves the Minimum Life Income

The last Council of Ministers in May will give the green light this Friday to the Minimum Vital Income, a new benefit included in the electoral program agreed between PSOE and United We Can, whose implementation has been accelerated by the Covid-19 crisis . After several tensions within the Executive because of the deadlines, its approval was announced in May, a commitment that will come true today.

This is a newly minted state benefit with the aim of guaranteeing that all households have a minimum level of income to meet the basic needs of its components and thus contribute to the reduction of poverty, especially child poverty. Thus, its purpose, as the Government points out, is to reach "those who need it most."

08.13. Renault announces it will cut 15,000 jobs worldwide, 4,600 in France

French automaker Renault has announced the cut of some 15,000 jobs worldwide, 4,600 of them in France, under a savings plan of more than 2 billion euros ($ 2.2 billion) in three years . "This project is vital," said CEO Clotilde Delbos, quoted in a statement. Renault, which has global production overcapacity, had announced its first losses in 10 years in February, placing it in a fragile position at the beginning of the crisis caused by the new coronavirus epidemic .

07.59. Marlaska appears in the Senate amid controversy in the Civil Guard

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, appears in the Senate to expose the general lines of his department in a session that is framed in full controversy by the relays in the leadership of the Civil Guard and the sudden dismissal of Colonel Diego Pérez de los Cobos, and after the resignation requests of the main opposition parties. On April 23, in the sixth week under the state of alarm for the coronavirus , Grande-Marlaska went to Congress to explain to the deputies his policy at the head of the Interior during this legislature. At that time he had to defend the management of the Civil Guard in relation to tracing hoaxes after the controversial statements of General José Manuel Santiago, spokesman for this body in the Moncloa technical cabinet, about fighting false information that affected the Government. Then he clarified that he was referring to state institutions.

07.43. South Korea posts slight decline in new coronavirus cases

South Korea has seen a slight decline in the number of new coronavirus cases and has confirmed a total of 58 positives, compared to 79 announced on Thursday. According to the South Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 55 of the new cases correspond to locally transmitted infections and the total count of infections in the Asian country has risen to 11,402, the South Korean news agency Yonhap has reported.

07.08. More than 1,000 daily deaths in the US and Brazil as Europe opens

The United States and Brazil recorded more than 1,000 deaths in 24 hours each, in an American continent where the Covid-19 pandemic continues to progress rapidly, unlike Europe, which continues its slow return to normality. In the five months since it emerged in Wuhan (central China) in late December, the coronavirus has killed some 360,000 people and infected more than 5.8 million. Official figures that are undoubtedly below reality. The United States, by far the most affected country, with more than 1.7 million cases, had recorded less than 700 deaths daily for three days, but the curve began to increase again on Wednesday and Thursday, with 1,401 and 1,297 deaths, which raised the death toll to more than 100,000.

07.06. Torrejón begins to test its entire population after acquiring 150,000 tests

The City Council of Torrejón de Ardoz will begin this Friday to carry out the diagnostic tests of the coronavirus to all its population, for this first day "all the residents" whose first surname begins with the letter A are called. As the Consistory explained in a statement, They will be held from 11 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. in time slots published on the notice of the tests. Following the planning of the local government, they would finish carrying out the tests this Wednesday, after six uninterrupted days. The Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid has authorized Torrejón this Thursday to carry out the serological study of its population, for which the local administration has acquired 150,000 tests, which will be applied at the city's Fairgrounds.

06.24. China does not register new confirmed cases of coronavirus a second time

China has not registered any new confirmed cases of coronavirus nor new suspected cases, the Asian giant's National Health Commission reported on Friday. On Wednesday, the health authority had diagnosed two nine coronavirus infections , both in travelers arriving from abroad, while on Tuesday it registered a single contagion, also "imported" from abroad. This is the second time that China has not detected new cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began; The first time was on May 23, although that day did register suspicious cases.

06.22. Colombia prolongs quarantine and will open international flights in September

The Colombian Government has announced a one-month extension of the coronavirus quarantine that ended on May 31 and the resumption of international flights from September 1. Colombian President Iván Duque has prolonged mandatory preventive isolation throughout the country throughout June, which will end at zero hours on July 1. That measure took effect on March 25, initially for two weeks, but has been renewed by the president several times in order to contain the coronavirus, which until today leaves 25,366 infected and 822 dead in the country.

2:55 Mexico exceeds 80,000 cases and 9,000 deaths from COVID-19

The Mexican government reported on Thursday a total of 81,400 cases and 9,044 deaths confirmed by COVID-19 in the three months that the disease has been in the country.

In its daily technical report, the Ministry of Health (SSa) reported 3,377 infections in the last 24 hours, 4.33% more than the total of 78,023 the previous day, in addition to 447 new deaths, 5.2% more than the 8,597 accumulated until the previous day.

These increases occur two days after the end of the National Sana Distancia Day, the confinement policy of the Government of Mexico that began on March 23 and will end on May 30.

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