Coronavirus in Spain: the struggle joined the army

Armed Spanish forces sent in on Friday of more than 8.2 thousand soldiers to perform various tasks related to the fight against coronavirus. Some of them deployed on the border, which, according to the Ministry of defence, already controlled by the army at the crossing.

The army of Spain and coronavirus

As reported on Friday in his Twitter account, the Ministry of defence of Spain, in the second half of the day, soldiers had already deployed to all border points of the country, bordering France, Portugal and Morocco.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of defense, during the period from Wednesday to Saturday, the number of military and rescue units in Spain has increased by more than 1000 people. The total number of evening exceeded 8.2 per thousand.

On Friday, the army helped to fight the epidemic in almost 300 cities, mainly through disinfection and utilities, as well as the deployment of medical and protective equipment.

Part of military assistance for the adoption of the patients sent to area hospitals, working mainly in Madrid and Catalonia , the regions most affected by the epidemic.

Statistics coronavirus in Spain

In the period from Thursday-Sunday the number of deaths from coronavirus infection have increased in Spain to 12 418, and the number of infected up to 130 759. Today, most people died in the Autonomous community of Madrid – 6 483 people. The majority of infections were also recorded there – 42 188 people.

On Friday, the government of the Madrid community, headed by Isabel díaz Also appealed to the Spanish authorities with a request to loan in the region of 2 billion euros. In a letter to the Ministry of Finance of Also explained that the loan will be used to cover excessive costs associated with combating the epidemic, local health services and to support regional enterprises and business.