Coronavirus: Spain records 832 deaths in the last 24 hours, fears health care givers being infected.
Spain recorded, in the last 24 hours, 832 deaths due to the new coronavirus, the largest number of fatalities in a single day, bringing the total number of the dead in the country to 5,690, as per the latest update from the country’s health authorities .
The numbers of the Spanish Ministry of Health reveal an increase of 8,189 in the number of infected.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the country has recorded a total of 72,248 cases of covid-19, of which 5,690 died and 9,375 were discharged and are considered cured.
In the whole country 40,630 people are or have been hospitalized and of those 4,575 are or have been in intensive care units.
The region with the most positive cases of covid-19 is Madrid, with 21,520 infected and 2,757 dead, followed by Catalonia (14,263 and 1,070) and the Basque Country (5,236 and 221), although there are records of more deaths with the pandemic in Castile-La Mancha (448) and Castile and Leon (321).
FEARS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS BEING INFECTED.
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Professor Julio Mayol, medical director at the Clinico San Carlos Hospital in Madrid, told Sky News he fears since chances of healthcare professionals fighting the illness getting infected are high.
“It is a bad situation, it is really bad and it is getting worse day by day, because the number of positive COVID-19 patients is increasing.
“We have a large number of patients, and the problem is we can’t increase the room available.
“Secondly, healthcare professionals are getting infected. I estimate it could be as many as 25% in the near future if we don’t do something. “Right now two of my closest collaborators are COVID-19 positive, so it is becoming a nightmare.
“Many of our doctors have been admitted, even those fighting the virus. He added.
Spain starts today the second period of two weeks, until April 11, of the current “state of emergency” approved by parliament, which imposed on the executive the obligation to inform the chamber weekly about the evolution of the pandemic.
The Spain’s government approved measures on Friday to prevent employers using the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to fire staff during the coronavirus crisis and that temporary contracts, including vocational training, assistance and provisional contracts, will remain in force until the end of the current health emergency.
“Covid–19 cannot be used to fire employees,” said Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz, after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers that approved a new package of social measures, among which “does not consider dismissals justified” for economic, technical, organizational, productive or force majeure reasons related to this crisis.
Madrid will also increase control over lay off authorizations (Temporary Employment Regulation File), with sanctions for companies that misuse them.
The new coronavirus, responsible for the covid-19 pandemic, has already infected around 572,000 people worldwide, of whom more than 26,500 died.
Of the cases of infection, at least 124,400 are considered cured.
After appearing in China in December, the outbreak spread worldwide, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a pandemic situation.