Without letting our guard down but with the conviction that the experience of these months allows us to face with less anxiety the impact of the coronavirus next fall. The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, in an interview this morning at RAC1, assured that "there is no need to take for granted" a flare-up of infections after the summer, with the arrival of the cold, but that in any case "we must prepare in case it happens ". "I think we can avoid it if we comply with the rules, maintain hand hygiene, wear masks and respect interpersonal distance."

"If it came," he added, "I think the intensity would be lower because we already know how the virus behaves and we have learned in hospital care." All these teachings will allow us to face another wave better, but the minister has repeated that we must be prepared. Nor does he think that further general confinement will be necessary. "I believe that it will not be" decreed again although "if necessary" it would be. Illa has defended the confinement of the population in their homes as the "weapon" that has allowed them to face this virus. And she assured that in the Ministry and in the Government they always knew that some time should elapse but that in this way "we cut it off". It has been the strategy of all countries, he said, after pointing out that "all have been late," which is the position of the Executive to deny any specific error by Spain for not acting sooner.

The minister does consider that, as is the case now in de-escalation, in the fall "surgical confinements" of buildings or a collective in a company could be used, and that the autonomous communities are competent for this. "There will be sprouts", he warned, "what has to be done is detect them quickly" And now both detection and action are faster. Although there has been speculation about whether the virus weakens with heat and spreads faster with cold, Illa has assured that "there is no scientific evidence that it is seasonal." "The virus is on the rise in all parts of the world," although in Europe it is more controlled, he said.

This is the scenario foreseen by the Government since, according to Health calculations, for up to a year from now there will be no vaccine available that can be applied in a general way. There will be "not one but several," said Illa, which will reach all EU countries at the same time. A date that gives "with all prudence" with the conviction that a "global effort" is being carried out.

The person in charge of Health has maintained that regarding the coronavirus "we still do not know many things" and that the available information is that "it has not mutated". And after a group of scientists has found its presence in wastewater since March 2019, the Ministry's technicians have "contacted them" because it is a "very serious" team.

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