Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 4:05:09 GMT -5
Spain is in a situation of "extreme" risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has just recognized this in an appearance without questions that took place in the La Moncloa complex. Sánchez has announced what the new parameters will be that will govern the adoption of measures to stop the curve of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. These parameters have been adopted following criteria from the World Health Organization (WHO), and follow the lead of all of Europe. Although the Government decreed a state of alarm in Madrid 2 weeks ago to reduce the incidence of cases in the last 2 weeks - which exceeded 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants - the new parameters reflect a substantial lowering of expectations.
Spaniards, increasingly reluctant to be vaccinated against coronavirus: the reasons why skepticism is growing and the responses of experts These are the new risk levels announced by the President of the Government: Low risk: Less than 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 2 weeks. Medium risk: More than 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Middle East Phone Number List the last 2 weeks. High risk: More than 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 2 weeks. Extreme risk: More than 250 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 2 weeks. Today, only five autonomous communities are below the extreme risk level :Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Valencia, Galicia and Cantabria. The Spanish average also exceeds the extreme risk, with an incidence of 348. The highest value is recorded in Navarra, with more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 2 weeks.
The 6 communities hardest hit in incidence, in addition to Navarra, are Melilla (906 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 2 weeks), Aragón (627), La Rioja Castilla y León (532), Catalonia (433) and Madrid (426). 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" Likewise, Sánchez has also announced that this parameter - that of the accumulated incidence - will be complemented "with other indicators" , such as the incidence but only in the last 7 days, the incidence in people over 65 years of age - "the most vulnerable group" —, the percentage of confirmed COVID-19 positives based on the total number of tests performed, or the percentage of cases for which the origin of the infection can be known. A second parameter will also be the percentage of hospital admissions.