The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has placed this Wednesday in the last week of February the “important” contagion of the coronavirus in some territories of Spain, specifically, in the Community of Madrid, and from there, he said, the Government has been giving answers “quickly“As I had information. At a press conference, Illa responded like this when asked about whether already on March 9, when Spain asked NATO for material aid, the spread of the pandemic was known and if it was a mistake to hold “mass events” the previous days, referring to the demonstrations on the occasion of the Women’s Day on March 8.
The minister explained that until the moment when the Government has notification of the cases an average of 8 to 10 days have passed, period during which the symptoms appear (5-6 days after the contagion), one goes to the sanitary services, the tests are made, the results are obtained and they are communicated. “What we detected late-night on March 8 occurred 8 or 10 days earlier and we estimate that towards the last week of February is when the important contagion occurred in some parts of Spanish territory, specifically, in the Madrid’s community and this is what we know, “he replied Illa. He recalled that from the beginning the Government has stated that “this epidemic would guide our actions and so it has been“
The minister has recognized that with each passing day it will be more difficult to comply with the restriction measures, but he has stressed the importance of compliance “very demanding “as it is the only way to defeat the virus.
What happened during those days in Madrid
During that last week of February, lWhat goes from Monday 24 to Sunday March 1, was held in the capital of the country ARC, the contemporary art fair. It was at IFEMA, where a field hospital has now been installed and, according to the organizers, 93,000 people attended. Those last days of the month were also underway sports competitions, both domestic and international. Football games were played open door, with total normality, in Spain and outside our borders.
For example, him Real Madrid played, on February 26, against Manchester City led by Pep Guardiola. It was at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium and before 80,000 people. In that same field, but three days later, the classic of Spanish football was played: Real Madrid against FC Barcelona. That was Sunday, March 1. Five days before, Barça he had traveled to Italy to face Naples in the first leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League.
But not only did Real Madrid and Barça play. Atlético de Madrid are also in the top European competition (who received Liverpool at the Metropolitan and then traveled to England) and Valencia. Precisely Valencia he went to Milan on February 19. There he played against Atalanta, a team that plays its European games in San Siro, a stadium with capacity for 80,000 people. On his return, he continued playing the next two league days with complete normality. In fact, that last week of February and the following week, the first of March, the soccer league continued playing with the public.
And not only football (all national divisions), but all the sports competitions that bring the public together continued. The ACB and the Euroleague, for example, were also played normally. Even Real Madrid traveled to Italy to face Armani MilanBut this game was played behind closed doors.
That first week of March, in addition, Isabel Pantoja gave, on March 6, a concert at the WiZink Center, from Madrid. More than 11,000 people went to see her. That was on Friday. On Saturday the 7th it was Camela who packed this same pavilion.
The next day, ltwo massive gatherings that you will surely have in mind. On the one hand, the Vox act at Vistalegre, which brought together more than 9,000 people. And on the other hand, of course, the protests of March 8 for International Women’s Day. The Madrid march, according to the Government Delegation, brought 120,000 people to the street.
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