Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 5:28:45 GMT
This week, Spain reached one million infections due to the COVID-19 pandemic , but it is by no means the country with the worst data. What seemed to be a simple flu in China in early February soon became a national alarm the following month. By mid-March, infections had already escalated to such an extent that it was necessary to apply a series of drastic measures to contain the spread of the virus, including the well-known state of alarm and the subsequent confinement of the population during the quarter. But that story is already known to everyone. On the other hand, this is the current situation in other countries around the world: Spain The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez.
REUTERS/Pool Diagnosed: 1,026,281 Muertos: 34.521 Recovered: 150,326 The first cases were detected in February and, within a couple of weeks, the country was already under a state of alarm and confined. The early restrictions, practically pioneering in Europe, failed to prevent Spain from becoming the second most infected country in Europe, only Middle East Phone Number List behind Italy , which it ended up surpassing during the second wave. Read more: 15% of businesses in Spain have closed due to the coronavirus and another 5% could suffer the same fate "unless a Christmas miracle occurs" The reason is mainly due to the lifting of perimeter closures and de-escalation during the summer quarter , a time when the new normal brought with it freedom of movement, the opening of borders and a new wave of coronavirus outbreaks.
Since then, the growth of infections has accelerated and the territory has become the one with the most infections in the European Union . For this reason, perimeter restrictions and confinements have been resumed as has happened in several regions and the state of alarm could be applied again , although it would be limited to equalizing mobility limitations between regions. France The president of France, Emmanuel Macron. REUTERS/Pool Diagnosed: more than 1 million Muertos: 34.210 Recovered: 108,599 The rise in the curve in France this week has moved the French country one place higher on the so-called COVID List - in relation to the number of infected - to occupy, precisely, the place that Spain previously had. Although the national strategies have been very similar in both countries, Spain reacted first to the March wave, but France has reacted to the second.