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Covid incidence falls in Spain but concerns grow over a possible fifth wave
Experts disapponted by enthusiastic celebrations of the end of the state of emergency
The Ministry of Health coronavirus update which was made public on Monday afternoon indicated a further improvement in the situation throughout Spain, with incidence rates and hospital and ICU patient numbers all continuing to show a steady decrease, but the tone of the press conference given by Fernando Simón, the Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), was far from optimistic.
On the face of it, the data gathered over the weekend in Spain are encouraging. After 13,984 new cases were confirmed the 14-day accumulated Covid incidence rate now stands at a little under 189 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, having fallen from a fourth-wave peak of over 230 a couple of weeks ago, and only 4 of the country’s 17 regions remain above the “extreme risk” threshold (the Basque Country, Ma
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THE Junta has delayed this week’s meeting of the Advisory Council on High Impact Public Health Alerts (the so-called committee of experts).
According to Jesus Aguirre, Minister for Health in Andalucia, the recent ‘improvementâ in the contagion trend has meant that it is preferable to delay the weekly committee of experts meetingâwhere decisions are made about the coronavirus restrictionsâin order to reassess with the accumulation of more data.
âIt is preferable to delay this week’s meeting in order to keep a watchful and expectant eye on the evolution of the pandemic.â Aguirre said during a press conference in Cordoba.
British variant of COVID-19 dominates fourth wave in Spain but this could be a good thing
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THE British variant of Covid-19 is responsible for spreading the fourth wave of coronavirus across Spain according to the latest data, but the nation’s chief epidemiologist insists this is a good thing.
The B.1.1.7 strain, dubbed the British variant because this is where it was first detected is now responsible for almost 86% of cases of coronavirus across Spain, a huge increase on the 2% detected in January when the third wave reached its peak.
Early fears over the new variant led to Spain closing its borders to travellers from the UK unless they were resident here in a bid to halt its spread.