The pandemic has brought the medical system to the brink of collapse, with Spain also struggling to protect frontline workers and provide supplies for testing and treatment.
Spain’s coronavirus toll surged above 4,000 on Thursday but the increase in both fatalities and infections slowed, raising hopes that a drastic lockdown was starting to curb the epidemic’s spread.
And the number of cases rose to 56,188, showing an 18 percent increase, down slightly from the 20-percent rise a day earlier. “Practically the entire hospital is dedicated to fighting the coronavirus, both the intensive care unit and the general wards.” “The market is completely crazy,” he told a parliamentary commission. “Not enough masks, respirators and tests are being produced to supply the global market.”
But on Thursday, the government admitted it had to return a batch of defective tests it received from a Spanish supplier that had been imported from China.
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