The Army expands its deployment but leaves out Catalonia and the Basque Country

More of2,600 militaryof the Armed Forces are already deployed in48 citiesto fight the spread ofcoronavirus. Despite this, they are not present in any locality of theBasque CountryneitherCatalonia, the two autonomous communities most affected by the Covid-19 only behind Madrid.

The Chief of Defense Staff (JEMAD), the generalMiguel Ángel Villarroya, has provided this Wednesday the updated data on the collaboration of the Armed Forces with the device to fight against the coronavirus.

As announced, the Air Force has also joined this Wednesday in the tasks of supporting the civilian population and the entire Armed Forces are already involved in this mission, dubbed ‘Operation Balmi’.

Between the cities where the military worksthere is no locality in the Basque Country or Catalonia. JEMAD has explained that the Armed Forces are being deployed according to “requests or needs” and inthose two communities will intervene “when required or needed”. “There is no other criterion that is prioritizing us in that sense,” he guaranteed.

The list of cities in which the military are deployed this Wednesday is: Madrid, Alcázar de San Juan, Tomelloso, Sevilla, Zafra, Málaga, Jaén, Lanzarote, Valencia, Alicante, Rabasa, Castellón, Javalí Nuevo, Teruel, Vigo, Santiago , La Coruña, Santander, Laredo, Santoña, Avilés, Salamanca, Valladolid, Cáceres, Badajoz, Mérida, Don Benito, Huesca, Jaca, Almería, Ronda, Zaragoza, Orense, Pontevedra, Oviedo, Gijón, Ceuta, Melilla, Palma Mallorca, Puerto del Rosario, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Córdoba, Cádiz, Algeciras, San Fernando, Getafe and Murcia.

Among other tasks, there are soldiers in the Madrid Cercanías stations to avoid crowds and also this Wednesday it has deployed the Military Emergency Unit (UME) in the temporary shelter for people without resources enabled inIpheme, in Madrid, where in additionhave installed an advanced life support unit to support the Samur Social. “In the face of adversity we must always take care of the weakest,” said General Villarroya.

Also military performingdisinfection tasks of police stations of the National Police and centers of the General Directorate of Traffic, two places where physical work must continue to be carried out and which can be the focus of the spread of the virus. As for the DGT, this Wednesday they are present in Malaga and Valladolid.

The JEMAD has explained that the Armed Forces are contributing all their available capacities to attend to the “multiple requests“they receive, always prioritizing the most urgent ones.

“The Spaniards have to be sure that their Armed Forces, in conjunction with the rest of the public administrations, we are with them, we are not going to fail them. But everyone’s effort is necessary, all together we will win,” he proclaimed from the Palace. of the Moncloa.

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