MADRID, April 14 – RIA Novosti. Spain, after a few days ago, the peak of infection with coronavirus COVID-19, is currently at the stage of “bending the curve,” said health Minister Salvador Ilya.
“Is the month (entry into force amended) decree on introduction of high alert mode. We can say that currently bend the curve, after having reached the peak a few days ago,” the Minister said at a press conference in the online mode.
Spain is now in third place in the number of victims (after the US and Italy) and second in the number of identified cases COVID-19 (after the USA).
Since the beginning of the epidemic and on April 14 in the country identified more than 172 thousand cases of the disease, died 18 thousands of patients that recovered to 67.5 thousand people.
in the recent time there is a clear trend of a significant slowdown in the spread of the virus, the leadership of the Ministry of health says that the peak is passed.
the Mode of increased readiness was introduced in Spain on March 14 and was extended twice, the last time until April 26. Restrictive measures in Spain – are among the most stringent in Europe. Residents have the right to leave the house only in exceptional cases: in order to buy food, medicines, get to the hospital, to help people who can’t cope on their own, to get to work. Monday resumed work some do not the vital industries and companies, whose activity was frozen during the last two weeks.
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