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May 15, 2020 In Spain the death toll has had the lowest increase since Monday: 138. The Minister of Health has announced. Coronavirus deaths reached 27,459 on Friday.

The number of cases diagnosed stands at 230,183.

The first outcome of the reopening in France is "globally positive" . This was stated by the spokeswoman of the Paris government, Sibeth Ndiaye, speaking of "very well respected end-of-confinement measures" with reference to the use of masks on public transport. "For us it is an element of satisfaction to see that the rules we have passed have been well understood, well adopted by all our compatriots," he said speaking on France 2. 

David Nabarro, special envoy of the World Health Organization for the Covid-19, interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today program, said the UK must be "very cautious" about getting out of isolation, because there is still "a lot of virus around. As soon as people get moving again there may be many, many outbreaks across the country. "

Nabarro stressed that Britain faces a "huge effort" to recruit and train the thousands of contact trackers that will be needed to implement an effective testing, tracking and isolation strategy. "This has been shown in other countries as the key to living with this virus as a constant threat, and moving forward with life," he said. "It's not a second wave, it's a constant threat."

The ability to test, track and isolate must be present before the blocks are lifted, he said. "Isolation is freezing the virus in place and giving us time to prepare, so when we get out of isolation we are more ready." 

A complete reopening of borders in the European Union: this is what a large majority of citizens in Germany asked for in the "Politbarometer" survey of the second public channel Zdf. In particular, 55% of respondents asked for a rapid reopening of the borders, while only 41% said they were against it.