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Rapid tests to detect coronavirus antibodies, which are beginning to arrive in Spanish pharmacies and will be sold under medical prescription, are 90% effective, are done with a finger prick and the result is obtained in 10 minutes.
The pandemic evolves unevenly in Spain, with increases in incidence in seven autonomous communities, especially in Catalonia and Castilla y León, and a reduction in infections in another seven, including Madrid and Andalusia.
In addition to the Catalan and Castilian-Leon regions, Galicia, Navarra, Euskadi, Murcia and Extremadura have provided negative data on the evolution of the virus, while Cantabria, the Balearic and Canary archipelagos, Aragón and Asturias join the Madrid and Andalusian communities in the decrease in new cases.
Today, for the first time, in 42 years of celebration of Constitution Day, the party moves from the Congress of Deputies to the street due to the coronavirus pandemic and the groups that have fought, and are fighting, against Covid-19, like the toilets, they will be among the protagonists of the day.
The data of the coronavirus in Spain
238,783 in
Andalusia
(4,296 dead)
74,534 in
Aragon
(2,360 dead)
24,175 in
Asturias
(1,073 dead)
25,288 in the
Balearic Islands
(425 dead)
21,753 in the
Canary Islands
(346 dead)
15,903 in
Cantabria
(324 dead)
87,956 in
Castilla-La Mancha
(3,825 dead)
123,433 in
Castilla y León
(4,627 dead)
310,141 in
Catalonia
(8,126 dead)
2,854 in
Ceuta
(55 dead)
108,586 in the
Valencian Community
(2,444 dead)
29,461 in
Extremadura
(971 dead)
51,557 in
Galicia
(1,246 dead)
354,326 in
Madrid
(11,426 dead)
4,152 in
Melilla
(43 dead)
55,116 in
Murcia
(623 dead)
40,032 in
Navarra
(893 dead)
99,716 in the
Basque Country
(2,568 dead)
16,881 in
La Rioja
(561 dead)
* Source: Ministry of Health
Total figures: 1,684,647 confirmed coronavirus cases with diagnostic test of active infection;
46,252 deaths with a positive test on December 4
08.05 Uneven evolution of the coronavirus in Spain
The epidemiological data offered by the autonomous communities show an uneven evolution of the coronavirus in the different regions, with increases in the incidence in seven of them, especially in Catalonia and Castilla y León, and a reduction in infections in another seven, among which are Madrid and Andalusia count.
In addition to the Catalan and Castilian-Leon regions, Galicia, Navarra, Euskadi, Murcia and Extremadura have provided negative data on the evolution of the virus, while Cantabria, the Balearic and Canary archipelagos, Aragón and Asturias join the Madrid and Andalusian communities in the decrease in new cases, reports Efe.
07.35 Rapid tests for Covid-19 antibodies, on the way to pharmacies under prescription
Rapid tests to detect coronavirus antibodies are already beginning to be distributed in Spanish pharmacies and will be sold under medical prescription, the distributor Cofrares has reported, when the pandemic evolves unevenly in Spain, with improvements in Madrid and worse data in Catalonia .
The tests are 90% effective, they are done with a finger prick and the result is obtained in 10 minutes, and thanks to them the population will be able to have access to this diagnosis, after the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has given the go-ahead for their commercialization in view of the fact that they have a CE marking issued by a notified body.
The Ministry of Health specifies that, once the product has that CE mark, it can be freely marketed throughout Europe, always with a medical prescription.
Instead, as an additional measure, the Agency has requested additional information from the manufacturers of these tests for their review together with the Carlos III Health Institute, reports Efe.
07.30 Serranillos del Valle begins its saliva test to the population
The Madrid town of Serranillos del Valle (belonging to the La Sagra region and with 4,200 inhabitants) begins this Sunday to do its saliva tests among the population, despite the fact that it does not have the approval of the Ministry of Health, reports Efe .
The tests will begin to be carried out on around 500 schoolchildren and municipal workers, as explained a few days ago by the mayor, Iván Fernández, who said that if the result of this first round of tests is satisfactory, he will consider doing another 4,000 more tests to screen to the population before Christmas.
07.26 The act of the Constitution adapts to the coronavirus pandemic
The Congress of Deputies is preparing to celebrate this Sunday the forty-second anniversary of the Constitution in an act that will be different from all the previous ones due to the pandemic.
The Chamber of the Lower House will not host this year the big day of this institution, and the act will move to the street, to the Carrera de San Jerónimo, where many fewer attendees than usual will listen to the speech of the president of Congress, Meritxell Batet.
About two hundred people between authorities and guests - among them
groups that have fought against the pandemic
, such as health workers - are summoned to this act that will continue to sit along the street maintaining a safety distance, reports Efe.
07.20 USA breaks its record of infections for the third consecutive day with 229,859
The United States registered 229,859 new infections of the new coronavirus this Saturday and broke the record for infections on Friday (225,594) amid a new
rebound in the pandemic in the country
, according to the independent count from Johns Hopkins University.
In addition, this Saturday 2,527 new deaths were registered compared to Friday, reports Efe.
The total balance at 8:00 p.m. local time this Saturday (01:00 GMT on Sunday) is 14,567,529 cases and 281,121 deaths, with which the United States continues to lead the global statistics of the pandemic.
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