the First white rose to kindled in the center of the square the fire laid king Philip VI, his wife Queen Letizia and daughter – heir to the throne Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia. “Today we will hold in our hearts, because today we pay tribute to the thousands of citizens who died as a result of the pandemic coronavirus,” said the monarch. According to him, this does not relieve the pain, but will keep recent events with memory companies. At the same time, the king acknowledged the contribution of all those who every day fought against the coronavirus in the past few months, their loyal attitude to their work.
Among the participants of the ceremony were a lot of ordinary people, those who have been exposed to coronavirus or lost a loved because of a pandemic, health care workers, police officers, military personnel and even store employees who continued to work despite the country introduced a quarantine. There were many high-ranking guests. In Madrid, this event was attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, President of the European Parliament David Sassòli, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the head of the who tedros adhanom Ghebreyesus. Was attended by former Prime Ministers of Spain Jose Maria Aznar, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Mariano Rajoy Brey. Living lacked only Felipe Gonzalez. The funeral ceremony brought together all the heads of Autonomous regions and party leaders (with the exception of “VOX”, they said that the dead much more than according to official statistics, and to pay tribute to the need for all victims and not only taken into account by the Ministry of health).
According to the latest data, Spain from the coronavirus died 28413 people, all infection was diagnosed in 257494 people 150376 of them have already recovered. The peak of mortality was overcome in early April, since then the number of deaths and daily cases of the disease declined steadily. With the first of may in Spain began a phased withdrawal from quarantine, announced in mid-March.
most of the restrictions were lifted by the end of June, currently the Iberian Kingdom lives in the so-called new normal. This period involves limiting the number of customers, spectators of theatres and cinemas, visitors to the beaches, the use of masks in public places, the observance of a safe distance. He will act until the moment that you invented a vaccine for the coronavirus. Due to the fact that in different parts of the country was in the last days was flash COVID-19, local authorities have tightened the rules.
by the Way, in Spain at the end of may had already gave tribute to the victims of the coronavirus. Then held a minute of silence was announced 10 days of mourning.
Because during the quarantine, the dead were buried in a simplified smacking��ke, without the presence of relatives, many families are unable to say goodbye to their loved ones, as is customary in a Catholic country. That is, he conducted this ceremony was broadcast on television throughout Spain. According to local media reports, this ceremony has no precedent. Never before in the country was forgiven at once with this large number of deaths. And so many distinguished guests gathered only at the state funeral.
