Fernando Lucas Martins

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Spain's Health System was under strong pressure, as the infections continue to rise

Spain has seen a sharp increase in The Number of deaths from the coronavirus, but the rate of new infections has stabilized, officials say.

Confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by The Virus rose to 64,059, an increase of 14% compared with 18% in A Day early and 20% on Wednesday.

In 24 hours, 769 people died, a Daily Record , with the amount to 4,858.

residents are particularly affected. Spain is Europe's second-worst affected country after Italy.

The Spanish government extended The State of emergency until at least 12 April. People in the movement is heavily restricted and most of the shops and businesses closed.

The latest figures raised hopes that the measures start to take effect. Health-emergency-in-chief, Fernando Simón, Said they showed "significant stabilization" and that it seemed they were "approaching the long-awaited summit".

Across the country, the army was used to deep, clean hospitals, and other facilities - including around 900 care homes in which at least 1,517 deaths were recorded.

hospitals have been under immense pressure, and The Number of confirmed cases 9,444 the health of the workers. For days, doctors, nursing staff, and other Front-line employees have complained of inadequate personal protective equipment.

Meanwhile, Said the health Ministry had imported about 9,000 rapid tests from China, proved to be defective. Their use has been suspended, it Said .

is What is happening elsewhere in Europe?

On Friday, Italy 969 new deaths reported - a Record - bringing the total number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country to 9,134. The Number of cases increased to nearly 6,000 on 86,498.

The country was to impose The First in The West , sweeping restrictions on movement of people and on Friday, the authorities warned that they extended probably beyond 3 is. April.

In France, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe raised The Alarm about an "extremely high wave" of new infections, say the epidemic began in The East , was Paris in the region.

hospitals could be Said to be a saturation point around the capital within 24 to 48 Hours , The Hospital Federation of France. Some 1. 2 million inhabitants of the Paris Region have left in The Past week, according to data analyzed by the Mobile Phone company Orange.

The country had 29,155 confirmed cases and 1,696 deaths as of Thursday . Julie A, 16, it was France, the most recent victim of The Virus , and her sister, Manon, Le told the Parisien newspaper: "We need to stop thinking this only applies to the older. No one is invincible against this mutant virus".

you Can get the EU in the grip of crisis?

"The EU is ready to" gloat to the naysayers. "Even faced with the coronavirus, its members can not Stick Together . "Certainly the EU summit on Thursday - by the social-remote video-conference - grell could not agree to share The Debt , you are all the shelves to fight Covid-19.

From her apartment in Berlin, where you isolate yourself after your doctor tested positive for The Virus , the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel , has publicly admitted to the disharmony of financial instruments.

What the leaders did not agree, asked the Euro group of Finance Ministers to explore the issue further, reporting back in Two Weeks time. Two Weeks . The EU is famous for kicking tough decisions on The Road , but in the coronavirus terms, with the spiral of infection and death rates, Two Weeks feels like an eternity.

For the people, full of fear for their health, the safety of their families, worrying about their rent and feeding their family is closed, according to the company, the idea that the leaders had spent six hours bickering over the wording of your conclusions to move in order to make a decision on means, incomprehensible.

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Source of news: bbc.com