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Hungary will open a consular office in Malaga, says FM Szijjártó in Madrid

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Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó had talks with Arancha Gonzalez Laya, his Spanish counterpart, in Madrid on Wednesday.

At a joint press conference after the talks, Szijjártó said that another wave of migration could pose serious health and economic risks, and argued that the coronavirus epidemic has hit countries with poor economies, and its spread could lead to increased illegal migration.

Rooted in their geographical location,

Hungary and Spain have different positions on migration, however, there are links as well,

Szijjártó said, adding, for example, that both countries are committed to fighting humans smuggling rings.

Hungary and Spain see eye to eye concerning the principle of delivering assistance where problems arise, and will launch a shared water management project in Morocco to improve supplies for local residents, he said.

Concerning the pandemic in Europe, Szijjártó said that

“Europe must avoid getting in such a vulnerable position as in recent months, therefore some strategic capacities must be developed even if they may seem redundant in ‘peace’ times”.

Spain is Hungary’s 15th greatest trading partner, while 200 Spanish firms employ over 5,000 people in Hungary, Szijjártó said, but added that bilateral ties could offer further opportunities for cooperation.

Hungary will open a consular office in Malaga, Szijjártó announced.

Spanish FM calls for EU criteria for border reopening

Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Arancha Gonzalez Laya on Wednesday asked for agreement within the European Union (EU) on criteria to be applied to arrivals from outside the region to stop imported COVID-19 cases, Xinhua reports.

Spain reopened its borders to travelers from the EU and the Schengen area on June 21, and plans to gradually open them to visitors from outside the region from July 1.

In a television interview with Spanish TV network RTVE on Wednesday, Gonzalez Laya said

Spain was looking to establish “the criteria” that the entire region would use to allow the entry of third-country nationals.

She commented that the EU would have to be “extremely careful” with the arrival of “people from certain countries in the Americas where the coronavirus pandemic has still not reached its peak of infections.”

The 27 countries in the EU are looking to fix epidemiological standards to “start gradually opening” the region’s border, said the minister, adding that in some countries, where the situation with COVID-19 was better than in Europe, citizens would be able to travel, while others would have to wait.

She also explained that the arrival protocols currently being used in Spanish airports are the same as in other major European airports, such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris, but admitted that it is impossible to completely rule out the risk of imported cases of COVID-19.

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The Hungarian “ninja” received two life sentences – horrific details below

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Norbert Fehér killed five people in Spain and Italy brutally. Based on what during his court trial in Bologna was said, he is a war veteran who is very smart and speaks five languages, including Chinese and is now learning Spanish. He received a life sentence in Italy and Spain, as well.

According to borsonline.hu, Norbert Fehér was born in Szabadka, Serbia, and he is now 39 years old. The Italian court in Bologna that gave him a life sentence like its Spanish counterpart tried to dig deeper in his life, but they faced many obstacles for ten years in his life are almost entirely missing. Nobody knows precisely what he did in his twenties because he did not say anything and there are no data in Serbia, as well, about that period of his life. 

He is very intelligent and speaks five languages fluently, including Chinese. Furthermore, he travelled a lot, and he is not only

an expert of arms but also of camouflage. 

 The Italian court discovered that he fought in Chechnya as a mercenary, and after that, he went to China. In the mid-2000s he lived in Italy and was a member of a Serbian gang committing robberies. His mates called him “Igor” or “the Russian” but since he was an expert of knives and bows they gave him the nickname “Ninja.” He was imprisoned in Italy before where he trained and watched cartoon movies. Interestingly,

the prison chaplain suggested his release.

He had a car, money and even accommodation; however, he started to murder people.

First, he killed a bartender and a gamekeeper in Italy. Police thought that the reason behind the horrible deed was stealing, but now it seems that he killed only for pleasure. Once he hid in a sewer from the officers chasing him where he remained immobile for hours and breathed through a reed. Then, he left Italy on a bike and went to Spain, bypassing the police corridor. There he killed three people and was caught finally by the local police. Now

he has a lot of women penfriends who are in love with him.

Mr Fehér’s life, in short:

  • Born in 1981
  • Around 2000: serving as a mercenary in Chechnya
  • Around 2004: he was in China
  • 2006: He arrived in Italy
  • 2007-2015: robberies in Italy for which authorities imprisoned him many times
  • April 1, 2017: He shot a bartender in Budrio
  • April 8, 2017: He killed a gamekeeper
  • May 17, 2017: He sends his regards on a postcard to the police leader of Bologna writing that he is no longer in Italy
  • June 2017: He worked on an orange grove in Valencia.
  • December 5, 2017: He killed a farmer
  • December 14, 2017: He killed two police officers in Madrid
  • December 15, 2017: After a long chase he was caught by Spanish police.
  • January 11, 2018: He used three pistols and 18 passports during his run.
  • 2019: He received his first life sentence in Madrid.
  • 2020: He received his second life sentence in Italy.

Spain to reopen borders starting June 21

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Spain will reopen its frontiers with the European Union (EU) countries — with the exception of Portugal — on June 21, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced in a televised press conference Sunday.

Sanchez made the announcement after holding a video meeting with the leaders of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities. Also from June 21, Spaniards will be able to move freely around their homeland with the expiry of the State of Alarm imposed since March.

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The prime minister had previously insisted that his country’s frontiers would remain closed with a 14-day quarantine imposed on arrivals from abroad until July 1.

The frontier with Portugal will reopen on July 1 (at Portugal’s request), while Spain will reopen its borders for arrivals from outside the Schengen area from July 11.

Sanchez explained the policy change by pointing to the positive evolution of his country’s efforts to control the coronavirus. No deaths have been reported in Spain by its Health Ministry for the past six days.

“It is a crucial moment that we have been preparing for,” explained Sanchez, adding that after July 1, there would be a “scaled” re-opening of the borders for non-EU nations that are in an “equal or better epidemiological” situation regarding the virus than Spain and which are willing to “act reciprocally.”

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Sanchez’s announcement came a day before the start of a pilot scheme which will see over 10,000 German tourists visit the Balearic Islands as Spain looks to reopen its tourist industry, which has been hit especially hard by the coronavirus.

Budapest listed among Europe’s rudest cities?

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Budapest is the third rudest city in Europe, according to a new survey by CEOWORLD.

The magazine conducted an online survey, from September to December 2019, where they asked 178,500 European adults to give their top five rudest European cities out of a list of 50 of the largest cities in Europe. CEOWORLD has now revealed the results.

The top five are Paris (36%), London (18%), Budapest (17.5%), Vienna (10.4%), and Amsterdam (9.6%).

It is not mentioned why or how the surveyed people picked their top five rudest cities; whether it was personal experiences, stories, or stereotypes they had heard. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

According to the survey, the most polite European city is Saint Petersburg, followed by Helsinki and Madrid in second place.

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Check out the whole list:

  1. Paris (36%)
  2. London (18%)
  3. Budapest (17.5%)
  4. Vienna (10.4%)
  5. Amsterdam (9.6%)
  6. Prague (9.2%)
  7. Birmingham (8.9%)
  8. Lyon (8.6%)
  9. Manchester (8.4%)
  10. Berlin (8.3%)
  11. Copenhagen (7.8%)
  12. Brussels (7.8%)
  13. Stuttgart (7.4%)
  14. Rotterdam the Hague (7.2%)
  15. Sofia (6.8%)
  16. Munich (6.7%)
  17. Samara (6.6%)
  18. Zurich (6.5%)
  19. Kyiv (6.4%)
  20. Rome (6.2%)
  21. Bucharest (6.1%)
  22. Marseille (5.9%)
  23. Minsk (5.7%)
  24. Hamburg (5.6%)
  25. Warsaw (5.4%)
  26. Barcelona (5.2%)
  27. Cologne (5%)
  28. Milan (4.9%)
  29. Frankfurt Rhine Metropolitan (4.7%)
  30. Moscow (4.6%)
  31. Dublin (4.4%)
  32. Belgrade (4.2%)
  33. Kazan (4%)
  34. Porto (3.9%)
  35. Ufa (3.7%)
  36. Nizhny Novgorod (3.6%)
  37. Turin (3.5%)
  38. Rostov-on-Don (3.3%)
  39. Valencia (3.1%)
  40. Voronezh (2.9%)
  41. Greater Glasgow (2.7%)
  42. Stockholm urban area (2.6%)
  43. Naples (2.5%)
  44. Perm (2.4%)
  45. Volgograd (2.3%)
  46. Lisbon (2.1%)
  47. Athens (1.9%)
  48. Madrid (1.4%)
  49. Helsinki (1.4%)
  50. Saint Petersburg (1.2%)

Austria set to reopen to travel from 31 countries

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Austria will reopen to travel from 31 countries including Italy and Greece from June 16 after three months of massive travel restrictions, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg announced on Wednesday.

For 31 countries, entry restrictions should be lifted from Tuesday midnight, June 16, said Schallenberg at a press conference held here on Wednesday.

This will include all European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, with four major exceptions of Sweden, Britain, Spain and Portugal.

The minister noted that the border with Spain should open again on July 1, as Spain itself has announced that it will keep its borders closed until the end of June. Sweden, Britain and Portugal are exempt from the cancellation of travel restrictions until further notice.

The border with Italy will be fully opened.

However, a partial travel warning applies to the northern Italian region of Lombardy, which is “virologically necessary,” according to Health Minister Rudolf Anschober.

He praised Italy for containing the epidemic, saying

“This is not a matter to be taken for granted. This is the result of very hard work.”

Spain to reopen land borders from June 22

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Spain’s Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Reyes Maroto said on Thursday that Spain will open its land borders with France and Portugal on June 22.

The minister explained that the restrictions, which have been effective since a State of Alarm was imposed on Spain to halt the spread of the coronavirus on March 15, will be lifted after the sixth extension to that measure expires at midnight on June 21.

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That sixth and final extension was approved by the Spanish Congress on Wednesday.

The border closure, which has been in effect since mid-March, has forbidden everyone, other than residents, truck drivers and cross-border workers, from using the land border with Spain’s two neighbors.

The El Pais newspaper reported that Maroto said Spain would also look to lift quarantine restrictions for those crossing the land borders, but that measure has still to be approved.

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The initial aim of the Spanish government was to maintain quarantine restrictions until July 1, but in the past week the government has hinted it may ease restrictions to allow tourists from certain countries to fly to the Canary and Balearic Islands in an attempt to support the country’s tourism industry, which has been hit especially hard by the coronavirus crisis.

11 European countries make arrangements for reopening of borders!

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Foreign ministers from 11 European countries agreed on Monday the terms for the reopening of borders and restoring the freedom of movement of European citizens, according to a joint declaration released by the Portuguese Diplomatic portal.

Gathered by videoconference, representatives from Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Slovenia concerted to restore “freedom of movement and circulation in the European Union,” said the declaration.

Based on the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination, the ministers agreed that, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Europe needs to go further.

The meeting defined the “survey of border control measures, resumption of transport and connectivity services, in addition to the progressive restart of tourism services and health protocols in hotel establishments,” said the declaration.

The opening will be done in stages, coordinated between EU member states and gradual to “avoid the risk that a rise in infections will get out of control,” it added.

It said that countries had combined to work on a “common understanding of health standards and procedures in a progressive manner.”

“We urge the tourism industry and related private actors to take advantage of the coming weeks to take appropriate preventive measures so that they can protect travelers as soon as freedom of movement and travel is restored,” it said.

“Even though the situation regarding the pandemic is different in each country, our goal is to coordinate in order to restore freedom of movement to travel safely,” it added.

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Spain starts to ease COVID-19 lockdown to boost economy

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Spain on Monday began to lift its stringent coronavirus lockdown as the first step in its four-stage plan to return to a “new normal” after the disease infected more than 218,000 and killed over 25,000 people in the country.

The first of the four phases, or “phase zero,” is a “preparation phase,” involving measures such as allowing children outside for an hour a day and adults to carry out some form of exercise outdoors.

Professional athletes are also allowed to hold individual training.

Moreover, hairdressers are able to attend customers who have made a prior appointment, and restaurants will start to offer takeout and delivery services.
Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the four-stage plan at the end of last month to scale down the restrictions that have shut down the country’s economy. He expects the country to return to a “new normal” by the end of June.

He said the plan aimed to “recover daily life without risking the health of the people,” and was based on observations of other countries and expert advice.

“Each territory will move at its own pace, we will advance in each place as the evolution of the epidemic allows. The pandemic has hit our country unevenly, and our geographical and population diversity means we are not having a homogenous scaling down,” he said.

Despite the lifting of certain restrictions, Sanchez stressed on Saturday that wearing masks would still be compulsory on public transport.

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Less festive Easter observed across Europe despite signs of hope in anti-virus battle

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Europeans observed a less festive Easter Sunday, as their attention is still grabbed by the coronavirus, which, according to the data from the World Health Organization, has infected 839,257 people across Europe.

BLEAK EASTER

Watching religious services online, ordering Easter meal deliveries, Italian residents are settling into the “new normal” under the rules of the national lockdown during what may be Italy’s biggest religious holiday.

“Easter 2020 will be remembered due to the closure of over 95 percent of hotels across Italy and … a loss of turnover of 300 million euros (328 million U.S. dollars) between Saturday and Monday,” the National Federation of the Travel and Tourism Industry (Federturismo) said in its recent forecast for the holiday weekend.

To encourage the nation as it spent this major holiday in a less festive way, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte posted a message on Facebook wishing a happy Easter to all Italians.

“We miss the smiles of our relatives, the hugs of our friends, the beautiful traditions of our towns … The sacrifices each of us are making on this important Sunday are a gesture of authentic attachment to what really matters and what we will soon recover,” said Conte.

British people are not in a very festive mood for Easter either, as the coronavirus-related death toll in their country surpassed the grim 10,000-mark.

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said during a daily press conference at Downing Street that Britain had joined the ranks of the United States, Spain, Italy and France, which “have seen more than 10,000 deaths related to coronavirus.”

Describing Easter Sunday as a “somber day” for Britain, Hancock said, “The fact that over 10,000 people have now lost their lives to this invisible killer demonstrates just how serious this coronavirus is and why the national effort that everyone is engaged in is so important.”

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SIGNS OF HOPE

Despite the dampened festive mood, some inspiring news from the anti-virus battle continued to reach Europeans.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson “has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery at Chequers,” a Downing Street spokesman said Sunday.

Johnson was moved to a general ward on Thursday evening after spending three days in intensive care. He was taken to the hospital on April 5, 10 days after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.

In Italy, one of the hardest-hit European countries, the overall numbers of hospitalizations and patients requiring intensive care are trending downwards.
Similar trends are also seen in several other European countries grappling with the pandemic, such as France and Spain.

France reported 561 new single-day deaths on Sunday, down from Saturday’s 643, while it registered a decline of serious cases for the fourth straight day.
Spain has seen a continued trend for a daily reduction in both the number of new cases and the death rate.

CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM

The downward trending shines a ray of hope on the anti-virus fight, but European countries are cautious in easing restrictions too soon.

In Cyprus, Leondios Kostrikis, a University of Cyprus professor of virology who advises the Health Ministry, said new cases recorded in the last 24 hours reflected the downward trend of the previous days.

“This indication strengthens the optimism of the scientific team for the effectiveness of the strategy followed, “said Kostrikis.

In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday that his country had not yet reached a “phase of de-escalation” in its fight against COVID-19.

“We are not in a phase of de-escalation, the State of Alarm continues and the lockdown continues, all that we have ended is the hibernation of non-essential activities,” said Sanchez in a televised press conference after a video call with leaders of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions.

As of Monday, the Albanian government will begin easing restrictive measures, with banks, markets and pharmacies being allowed to remain open until 5:30 p.m. local time.
Despite the easing, social distancing is still urged to be respected. According to Albania’s Public Health Institute, a majority of the new cases in the country came as a result of a lack of social distancing.

Spain records lowest number of daily deaths over past two weeks

Spain recorded 605 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the lowest in a 24-hour period since March 24, as its total number of confirmed cases rose to 157,022 as of Thursday night, according to official government data.

The total number of COVID-19 infections cases rose 4,576, a smaller increase than the 5,756 new cases reported the previous day.

BRUSSELS

Belgium has recorded a total of 3,019 deaths related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, since the beginning of the pandemic, according to fresh figures released Friday by health authorities.

A further 325 COVID-19 patients had died in hospitals in the last 24 hours. In addition, 171 deaths were reported in nursing homes in Flanders between March 18 and March 31. In combination, that was a total of 496 deaths, according to Sciensano, a research institute and the national public health institute of Belgium.

TEHRAN

Iran on Friday reported 1,972 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 68,192, said Iran’s Health Ministry.

The death toll of COVID-19 in Iran rose by 122 in the past 24 hours to a total of 4,232, said Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the ministry, during his daily updates on state TV.

LOS ANGELES

Honolulu, capital city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, on Thursday announced a nighttime curfew for the three-day Easter weekend holiday to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The curfew will run from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. each day starting from Friday. People will be allowed to walk in their communities, while “anything with wheels,” including cars, bicycles and scooters, is prohibited during the curfew, the order said.

MOSCOW

Russia has tallied a total of 11,917 cases of COVID-19 in 82 out of 85 regions of the country as of Friday, with the number of infections rising by a new daily record of 1,786, official data showed.

The death toll rose to 94 from the previous day’s 76, with 795 recovered so far, including 97 in the last 24 hours, Russia’s coronavirus response center said in a statement.

Global death toll from coronavirus tops 82000

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The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.4 million people worldwide as the global death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 82,000 on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.

By 0330 GMT on Wednesday, the death toll worldwide stood at 82,119 as the global tally of cases reached 1,430,141, while more than 301,130 people have recovered, an interactive map maintained by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering showed.

MORE DEATHS

Nearly 2,000 people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in the United States in the last 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 0030 GMT Wednesday.

The record daily count of 1,939 deaths brings the total in the United States to 12,722, a figure coming close to those in such worst-hit countries as Italy and Spain, whose death toll stood at 17,127 and 13,798, respectively.

The U.S. state of New York lost 731 lives to COVID-19 from Monday to Tuesday, bringing the state’s death toll to 5,489 while marking the deadliest 24 hours yet since the pandemic took hold, said Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.

“Behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, is a father, is a sister, is a brother. So a lot of pain again today for many New Yorkers, and they’re in our thoughts and prayers,” said Cuomo at his daily briefing on coronavirus.

In Europe, the COVID-19 death toll continued to climb with the number in France jumping by over 1,417 to 10,328, making France the third country in Europe to pass the 10,000-mark, after Italy and Spain.

With over 17,000 fatalities, Italy still has, by far, the world’s highest COVID-19 death toll.
By Tuesday, Italy has registered a total of 17,127 deaths out of 135,586 cases, according to figures from the Civil Protection Department.

In neighboring Spain, there were daily increases in both new cases and deaths over the past 24 hours. A total of 140,510 cases were reported, up by 5,478 while deaths rose by 743 to 13,798, health authorities said.

As Britain reported 55,242 cases as of Tuesday, a Downing Street spokesman said Tuesday night that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is spending a second night in intensive care in the hospital, where he is being treated for COVID-19, and that he is in “stable” condition.

The prime minister was moved to intensive care at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London on Monday night following a worsening of symptoms. He has received oxygen treatment but has not required a ventilator so far.

Spain sees rises in new coronavirus cases and deaths

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Rises were seen in both Spain’s new COVID-19 cases and deaths over the past 24 hours, according to the daily data published by the Spanish Ministry for Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services on Tuesday.

The new cases of infection increased by 5,478 between Monday and Tuesday to 140,510 in total, more than the 4,273 new cases in the previous 24 hours. Tuesday’s percentage rise of 4.05 percent is also higher than Monday’s increase of 3.2 percent, although below the 4.82 percent on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the deaths from the virus rose by 743 to 13,798. The new daily death number is higher than 637 deaths reported on Monday and 674 deaths on Sunday.

The increase ends a four-day consecutive decline in the new daily deaths in Spain, although Tuesday’s increase was attributed to delays in collating the data over the weekend.

“This slight increase is due to the adjustment of the data what was produced over the weekend. We are still seeing a downward trend,” explained Dr. Maria Jose Sierra from the Center for the Coordination for Health Emergencies at the Spanish Ministry for Health at the daily press conference of the Technical Committee for the coronavirus emergency.

A total of 7,069 patients have needed intensive care in Spain, 138 more than Monday.

Sierra said this confirmed the indications that the Health Ministry was receiving, which showed “the pressure is slowly being eased in hospitals and intensive care units.”

Madrid and the Catalan region continue to be the two worst affected parts of Spain, with Madrid suffering 5,371 deaths from 40,469 cases and the Catalan region 2,908 deaths from 28,323 cases.

Meanwhile, the number of the recovered has increased to 43,208 from 40,437.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will hold a cabinet meeting later on Tuesday in which he is expected to gain approval for his request to extend the State of Alarm in Spain and the corresponding lockdown until midnight on April 25.

Once Sanchez’s proposal is approved by his cabinet, it will be presented before the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament on Thursday, where it is expected to pass after the opposition People’s Party (PP) and Ciudadanos (Citizens’) party has expressed their support.
Sanchez celebrated World Health Day with a tweet in which he wrote a message in support of Spain’s public health system.

“Health workers are the basis of a health system, which these days is more vital than ever. The emergency we are living should make us all realize the need to protect and strengthen it,” wrote the prime minister.

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Spain sees further drops in new coronavirus cases, deaths

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The number of new COVID-19 cases and new deaths continued to fall in Spain, according to the daily data published by the Spanish Ministry for Health on Monday.

The total number of confirmed cases recorded in the 24 hours between Sunday and Monday rose by 4,273 to 135,032 from 130,759. The growth has slowed down continuously. A total of 6,023 new infections were registered between Saturday and Sunday, fewer than the 7,026 new cases in the previous 24 hours and 7,472 between Thursday and Friday.

The number of deaths rose by 637 from 12,418 to 13,055.

This is down from the 674 new deaths reported on Sunday. It means the number of new deaths in a 24-hour period has fallen for four consecutive days from a high of 950 deaths recorded on April 2.

A total of 59,662 patients now need hospital treatment in Spain, 918 more than on Sunday, with 6,931 requiring intensive care — just 70 more than those on Sunday, helping lift some pressure in Spain’s hospitals.

Madrid and the Catalan region continued to be the two worst affected parts of Spain, with Madrid passing the 5,000 death mark, with 5,136 reported deaths from a total number of 38,723 cases, while the Catalan region has now registered 2,760 deaths from 26,824 infected cases.

Meanwhile, the number of patients who have recovered increased to 40,437 from 38,080.

“The growth of the pandemic is falling in nearly every region of Spain,” confirmed Dr. Maria Jose Sierra from the Center for the Coordination for Health Emergencies at the Spanish Ministry for Health, at the daily press conference of the Technical Committee for the coronavirus emergency.

Sierra explained that the number of new cases was falling on a daily basis, and the lockdown meant that people infected by the coronavirus are now passing it to fewer people.

Coronavirus deaths in Spain pass 10,000 mark

The number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in Spain surpassed the 10,000 mark on Thursday, the Spanish Ministry for Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services confirmed.

A total of 10,003 people have died from the infectious disease in Spain as of Thursday, 950 more than the death toll of 9,053 on Wednesday.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by 8,102 from 102,136 to 110,238 over the last 24 hours, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease increased to 26,743 from 22,647 on Wednesday.

The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Country Confirmed Cases – World 941,949

U.S. – 216,722
Italy – 110,574
Spain – 104,118
Germany – 77,981
France – 57,763
Iran – 47,593
Britain – 29,865
Switzerland – 17,781
Turkey – 15,679
China – 82,394

Spain’s COVID-19 cases pass 100,000, deaths top 9,000

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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Spain rose by 7,719 to 102,136 on Wednesday, according to the Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services.

The ministry also reported that the number of deaths rose to 9,053, up 864 in the past 24 hours.

This is the highest death toll for a single day so far witnessed during the pandemic, beating Tuesday’s record of 849.

The 7,719 new cases reported on Wednesday represent an increase of 8.17 percent in new cases in a 24-hour period, which implies that the spread of the coronavirus continues to slow after spreading at a rate of around 20 percent last week and 12 percent over the weekend.

The ministry also reported that 22,647 people have now recovered, up 3,388 from Tuesday’s total.

Nationwide, 51,418 patients have had hospital treatment for COVID-19, with 5,872 of them requiring treatment in an intensive care unit.

Over 10 percent of all cases in Spain are health workers who have been infected while helping save others.

Madrid continued to be the worst affected part in the country, registering 29,840 cases and 3,865 deaths.

Wednesday saw the arrival of another aircraft at an airport outside Madrid, carrying 11.7 tons of medical supplies from Shanghai, China.

FC Barcelona seek to cut players’ salaries by 70 percent until June 30 due to COVID-19

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Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona want the players to cut their salaries by 70 percent until June 30 as a way of saving around 106 million euros (117 million dollars) due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish Marca sport newspaper reported on Monday.

According to the report, the club will lose at least 100 million euros (110.7 million dollars). The amount is about 10 percent of the club’s budget for the 2019/20 season.

The club’s board of directors is currently working to invoke the ERTE, or temporary employment measures, which will suspend the players’ labor contracts.

The system will be in place in the coming days and will help the club compensate any financial losses.

In the last week, it was confirmed that Leo Messi had made a large donation to the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona and also to hospitals in Argentina.

HIGHEST DAILY DEATHS IN SPAIN

With 838 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, Spain saw the highest daily COVID-19 death toll on Sunday, according to data from its Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services.

The figure is six more than the previous figure, bringing the total death tally to 6,528 since the first death in the country was confirmed on March 3.

Meanwhile, the country detected 6,549 new COVID-19 patients, pushing the total number of confirmed cases to 78,797.

Madrid continues to be the worst affected part of the country as the pandemic has claimed 3,082 victims, or 47 percent of all deaths nationwide, and infected 22,677 people in total.

More than 30,000 COVID-19 deaths reported worldwide

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More than 30,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported worldwide, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE).

As of 3:30 p.m. Saturday (1930 GMT), there were more than 649,000 confirmed cases globally, with 30,249 deaths, an interactive map maintained by the CSSE showed.

Italy has reported more than 10,000 deaths, followed by Spain, with 5,812, according to the update.

The United States has the most COVID-19 cases in the world, with a fresh figure of 115,547.

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Spain records spike in new coronavirus cases, deaths

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Spain reported 7,937 new cases of coronavirus infection and 738 new deaths in the past 24 hours by midday Wednesday, raising the total to 47,610 cases and 3,434 deaths, health authorities said.

New daily figures published by the Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services also showed that 3,166 people were in intense care units for medical treatment across Spain.

With Wednesday’s spike in new coronavirus cases, Spain now registered the world’s fourth-most infection cases, after China, Italy and the United States.

The good news on Wednesday is a significant increase in the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19.

With 5,367 recovered patients, compared with 3,794 on Tuesday, it was the highest daily increase since the epidemic broke out in Spain.

Madrid continues to be the worst affected region in Spain with the number of cases in the Spanish capital climbing from 12,352 on Tuesday to 14,597 on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Spanish National Police and Civil Guards have confirmed that they made 929 arrests and have fined over 100,000 people for breaking the rules established in the State of Alarm decreed by the Spanish government on March 14.

The State of Alarm imposed a virtual lockdown in Spain with people only allowed out of their home to go to work if they were unable to work from home, to purchase essential supplies, visit the pharmacy or to care for the elderly or vulnerable.

On Wednesday, the Spanish Parliament is set to pass an extension of the State of Alarm until April 12 in an emergency session of the Congress of Deputies (lower house).

A State of Alarm is the first of three state-of-emergency levels which a Spanish government can apply under exceptional circumstances, with the other two being “State of Exception” and “Martial Law.”

A State of Alarm grants the government special powers to limit the movement of citizens, to control the means of production and use private assets if needed and also to use the military to carry out essential logistical and supply jobs.