Ourense once again slows down the rate of positives, with 1,154 active cases. In Spain, deaths have fallen and 517 deaths have been registered in one day. The number of fatalities amounts to more than 17,000, while the total number of cases amounts to 169,496.

9:36 | The Government publishes an order for private health to make all its means available to the autonomous communities.

8:40 | Many are the residents of the Pontino neighborhood who do not "go to Ourense", as some older people still say, since the beginning of the state of alarm: "Here we have everything, we could become independent".

8:20 | China begins clinical trials of 2 potential coronavirus vaccines. These are two inactivated vaccines, that is, they consist of microorganisms that have been killed through physical or chemical processes. The first of the candidates, which obtained the license to proceed to clinical trials last Sunday, has been developed by the Institute of Virology of Wuhan (the central-eastern Chinese city where the first cases of the disease were detected) jointly with the branch of the company Sinopharm in that same city. The second is the result of the joint work of several companies, with Sinovac research & Development in the lead. This company is a subsidiary of Sinovac Biotech, which also worked on a vaccine against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003.

8:10 | The Government will approve today at the meeting of the Council of Ministers the increase in the spending ceiling available to the Ministry of Transport so that it can face the housing rental aid approved for people who have difficulties paying rent for the crisis. This was announced by the head of the Department, José Luis Ábalos, who recalled that the aid approved in this area will benefit some 450,000 citizens.

7:30 OURENSE | The Diocese has had to reinvent itself after the cancellation of all the acts, promoting the connection with the faithful over the Internet. The biggest emergency is Cáritas, overwhelmed with more than 500 daily meals distributed in the soup kitchen, more than double the number before the crisis.

7:00 ALMOST TWO MILLION CONTACTED

The new coronavirus pandemic originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan is already close to two million people affected worldwide, according to the latest global balance from Johns Hopkins University: specifically, the Covid-19 leaves 1,920,618 people infected, 119,687 deaths and 449,949 people recovered in 185 countries and territories.

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22:20 TEN MILLION MASKS BETWEEN THE AUTONOMIES

The Government began this Monday the distribution of more than 10 million masks among the autonomous communities and cities before the resumption of non-essential activities, a distribution that will last until next Thursday. Of those ten million, 600,000 will go to Galicia.

22:10 PORTUGAL EXPANDS CONTROLS AT THE BORDERS WITH SPAIN UNTIL MAY 15

The Government of Portugal has decided to extend border controls with Spain until May 15, reinstated on March 17 initially for a month, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

22:00 BARRERAS APPLIES AN ERTE TO ITS STAFF

From Tuesday, the Hijos de J. Barreras shipyard from Vigo will apply a Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) that will affect 115 of its 170 employees for organizational and production reasons that will be in force for about three months.

21:55 JAVIER ULLA ANSWERS YOUR DOUBTS ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT OF THE PANDEMIC

Grieving the loss of a loved one, managing fear or overcoming stress require -in many cases- adequate psychological help. To answer the questions, the psychologist Javier Urra will star this Tuesday, April 14, in a virtual conference-discussion where he will answer the questions of the readers. Remember that you can send your questions through:

21:45 THEY ISOLATE THE MODULE IN WHICH BARCENAS AND RATO ARE DUE TO A CONTAGION

The management of the Soto del Real prison (Madrid) has agreed to the isolation of module 10 in which the former treasurer of the PP Luis Bárcenas, the former Madrid councilor Alberto López Viejo, both convicted by Gürtel, and the former minister Rodrigo Rato, who is serving a sentence for the black cards. The prison has made this decision as a preventive measure after one of the inmates in this module had to be admitted for contagion by Covid-19, although he has already been discharged from the hospital.

21:30 THEY REFUSE TO SUSPEND THE HOME HELP SERVICE DUE TO THE LACK OF PPE

The Social Court number 3 of Ourense has dismissed the request submitted by the CCOO to suspend the home help service in the Ourense City Council due to the lack of individual protection equipment for workers. He considers that in the current circumstances it is not possible to suspend the care service for the elderly, a vulnerable group, since it would only be possible if assistants or users were infected.

21:15 THIRTY DAYS OF FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS

After a month in the hospital, the National Police agent stationed in Madrid is about to receive a medical discharge for COVID-19. This afternoon, his colleagues and medical personnel approached COSAGA to pay him a small tribute at this important moment.

21:00 EXTEND: FRANCE NEARS 15,000 DEAD

French President Emmanuel Macron announced this Monday the extension of the current rules of a "strict confinement" until May 11, a date from which nurseries and pre-university educational centers will "progressively" reopen.

20:40 THREE DEATHS IN GALICIA, ONE OF THEM IN CHUO

Galicia adds three new fatalities due to the coronavirus. It is a 70-year-old man, admitted to the CHUO; a 95-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman, both admitted to CHUAC. All three had previous pathologies.

20:35 BREATH TO THE SELF-EMPLOYED

The self-employed who requested the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity will receive the payment of this aid next Friday, April 17, one month after the Government announced it

20:10 FRANCE EXTENDS LOCKDOWN UNTIL MAY 11

French President Emmanuel Macron announces the extension of the lockdown until May 11 as a measure to deal with the pandemic. Cultural activities, such as concerts, will not take place until mid-July.

20:05 REPEATEDLY BREACHES CONFINEMENT

A resident of Carballo had accepted the payment of a fine of 360 euros for repeatedly failing to comply with the confinement, but he was arrested again this Monday for going out again without justification that could fit into the exceptions established in the Royal Decree alarm status.

19:50 THE UME DISINFECTS THE PEREIRO PRISON

This Monday, the Military Emergency Unit (UME) carried out disinfection work against the coronavirus in the facilities of the Pereiro de Aguiar Penitentiary Center, one of the points considered especially sensitive for the spread of the pandemic.

19:45 THE XUNTA OFFERS PLACES AT THE O CARBALLIÑO RESIDENCE TO SENIORS IN LUGO

The Xunta de Galicia offered elderly people who were users of the Burón I and II community houses, in A Fonsagrada, which were closed in a precautionary manner last Wednesday, places in the O Carballiño public residence, where they can receive care social-health care they need and an individualized follow-up of their evolution.

19:30 THEY COMPLAINT 13 PEOPLE FOR BYPASSING THE STATE OF ALARM IN SANXENXO

The Sanxenxo Local Police have carried out a total of 4,755 checks on cars and pedestrians after the state of alarm was declared. Regarding the origin of the accused, twenty of the files processed belong to residents of Sanxenxo and another 13 to people from outside the town - eight to residents of other Galician municipalities and five from outside Galicia, specifically from Burgos, Madrid and Tenerife--.

19:25 ANSWERS TURN

The Government makes State funds available to the Autonomous Communities and municipalities in charge of managing the state housing plan to provide housing, public or private, to those people in vulnerable situations such as homeless people or victims of gender violence .

Regarding the increase in mobility, Ábalos points out that it returns to the situation of the first two weeks of the state of alarm and that the increase is verified in short distances: commuter services, metro or bus.

Distances on the beaches? The Minister of Transport rules out ruling on the measures adopted to ensure distancing on the beaches: "We have not yet reached that situation."

The Government rules out modifying the current order of the borders while the state of alarm lasts.

19:20 WORK STUDIES EXTENDING ERTES IN SOME SECTORS

The Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, is studying the possibility of submitting to the Council of Ministers a measure to lengthen and prolong temporary employment regulation files (ERTEs) due to force majeure in certain sectors.

19:00 APPEARANCE OF THE MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT AND TERRITORIAL POLICY

Follow live the press conference of the Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos and the Minister of Territorial Policy, Carolina Darias.

After the return of thousands of workers to their jobs, the Minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda recalls the importance of maintaining social distance and the use of private vehicles whenever possible to avoid new infections.

Ábalos defends the importance of reaching large state agreements so that de-escalation is more effective. "To deal with the pandemic, political détente is needed."

The Government will approve this Tuesday at the meeting of the Council of Ministers the increase in the spending ceiling available to the Ministry of Transport so that it can face the housing rental aid approved for people who have difficulties attending the rent payment for the crisis.

It is the turn of the Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Function, Carolina Darias, who reincorporates after testing positive for COVID-19. It is important that we incorporate the culture of protection."

From this Monday to Thursday the 16th, the Government will distribute ten million masks to Spaniards who go to their jobs in stages. Galicia has been one of the first CCAAs to receive the masks, which will continue to be distributed during the day on Tuesday.

18:55 HOW TO USE THE MASK CORRECTLY?

Following the Health recommendation for the use of masks, the Ministry offers a series of instructions to clear up doubts and know how to use them correctly.

18:45 NEW YORK EXCEEDS 10,000 DEAD

New York already counts 10,056 deaths from coronavirus, after registering another 671 fatalities in the last day, as reported by the governor, Andrew Cuomo, who has assured that "the worst is over." Cuomo has detailed in a press conference that on Sunday there were 9,385 deaths from Covid-19 and in these 24 hours there have been another 671 deaths, so the total is now 10,056.

18:27 INDITEX WILL NOT SUBMIT THE ERTE IN APRIL

The Inditex group, owner of brands such as Zara or Massimo Dutti, has announced that it will not present any Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) in April for store staff, and will cover the full payroll of its employees . The president of Inditex, Pablo Isla, has announced that the company "will continue to support the payment of remuneration to all its staff in Spain with its own resources, as it has been doing to date".

Depending on the development of the health emergency and the state of activity of the stores, the company has stated that it may later study the possibility of applying, for store personnel, some of the tools proposed by the Government to preserve employment.

18:15 NEW INCREASE IN DAILY DEATHS IN ITALY: MORE THAN 20,000 DEATHS

The deaths in Italy with coronavirus reached 20,465 today, registering 566 in the last 24 hours, a figure much higher than the 431 on Sunday, which was the lowest in the last three weeks. The total number of infections stood at 159,516 people, which represents an increase of 3,153 in the last day, confirming the trend of reducing infections in recent days,

18:00 WHO REQUESTS SLOWLY LIFTING CONFINEMENT MEASURES

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that the decline in coronavirus cases is "much slower" than the evolution of virus transmission throughout the world , for which he has asked countries to "slowly" lift the measures they have implemented to contain the virus. Tedros recalled that in some countries the number of people infected with the coronavirus has doubled every three or four days, although the slowdown in the curve is taking place in a "much slower" way. "Decisions to lift the restrictive measures implemented to contain the virus must be based, first of all, on the protection of human health and, later, on what is known so far about the new coronavirus and how it behaves," he asserted. the director general of the WHO.

17:55 XINZO ACTIVATES A PRINTING SERVICE FOR STUDENTS

The Xinzo de Limia City Council has launched a document printing and delivery service for all students in the town. The initiative seeks to help the youngest continue their studies during confinement. In addition, computers will also be delivered to those children who lack them and need them for their studies.

17:50 PSA VIGO COLLABORATES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESPIRATORS

The Vigo plant of the PSA Group and the Galician Automotive Technology Center (CTAG) will collaborate with the technology company Bionix for the development and possible industrialization of assisted breathing equipment to help in the fight against the coronavirus. The automobile company has explained that PSA thus joins the solidarity project led by Bionix in Galicia, which involves different actors and agents from the autonomous community, with the participation of CTAG and several companies linked to the Cluster of Automotive Companies of Galicia (Blind).

17:40 THE EVOLUTION OF COVID-19, IN GRAPHICS

This Monday Spain registered a decrease in the number of daily deaths, with 517 in the last 24 hours. Here you can see how the pandemic has evolved in our country in recent weeks.

17:25 THE PRESIDENT OF THE WHO APPEARS

Follow live the press conference of the president of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to update the data on the pandemic in the world.

On the use of hydroxychloroquine, WHO director Michael J. Ryan points out that it is a regulated drug around the world and that some studies indicate that it could have a use to treat the coronavirus.

17:15 POSSIBLE CASE OF SEXIST VIOLENCE

A 45-year-old man was arrested this morning in Valladolid after his 56-year-old wife fell out of the window of the house where they lived in the Pajarillos neighborhood of Valladolid. The Police do not rule out any hypothesis, nor that it is a case of sexist violence or suicide.

16:55 HOMES, IMPORTANT SPOTS OF CONTAGES

The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has pointed out that homes are "an important focus" of new Covid-19 infections, since the mobility of Spanish citizens has been heavily restricted for almost a month, with the Publication of the decree of the state of alarm.

For this reason, he has insisted that people who have the slightest symptoms in their homes contact health centers, take "strict" isolation and hygiene measures, and avoid "as much as possible" contact with other residents of your home. "This is an important focus," she pointed out.

16:40 MORE THAN 520,000 FINES IN ONE MONTH

The security forces have proposed more than 527,000 fines for breaching the restrictions of the state of alarm decreed to deal with the coronavirus, which is equivalent to 1.12% of the total Spanish population, according to the total sum of files accumulated when the fifth week of a generalized confinement begins that the Government stands out for its high degree of compliance.

16:30 HOW DOES CONFINEMENT AFFECT EMPLOYMENT IN THE PROVINCE?

The president of the Provincial Council, Manuel Baltar, defends that the measures taken to reactivate the provincial economy "must be implemented immediately after the end of the state of alarm"

15:46 PHARMACIES OFFER TO DISTRIBUTE THE MASKS AT A FIXED PRICE

The General Council of Pharmaceutical Colleges has offered the Ministry of Health the controlled distribution of masks to the population through the health card, with no margin for pharmacies and at the intervened price established by the Government.

15:44 PORTUGAL, ALMOST 17,000 CONTACTED

The Portuguese authorities raised the provisional number of people infected with the new coronavirus to nearly 17,000 this Monday, in the context of a pandemic that has already claimed at least 535 lives in Portugal.

15:30 AROUND 200 COMPLAINTS IN OURENSE FOR SKIPPING THE CONFINEMENT

The Local Police of Ourense made 193 complaint proposals in the last week, three more than the previous one, and noted the increase in people identified, 1,361, many more than in the previous week, when 646 citizens were identified.

15:15 200 SERIOUS ACTS OF DISINFORMATION

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, reported this Monday that the Cyber ​​Coordination Office of the Ministry of the Interior has monitored and processed 200 serious misinformation events during the validity of the State of Alarm for the coronavirus pandemic, and has detailed that they do not have any "objective data" that their purpose is political confrontation.

13:55 APPEARANCE IN MONCLOA

Salvador Illa points out that "the peak of the epidemic has passed" and that the effort to "bend the curve" is beginning. He insists that no de-escalation phase has begun and that "we are still in a phase of confinement".

The Minister of Health indicated that this afternoon he will convey to the autonomous communities the need to strengthen coordination and communication between them and the Government, to deal with the coronavirus epidemic. He will do so in the plenary session of the Interterritorial Health Council, which will meet electronically and in which the regional councilors will participate.

For the Minister of Health, the Spanish population has more than complied in the first four weeks of confinement despite the "harshness of its measures."

Regarding the option for children to go out for a walk with their parents, Illa says that this measure will not be carried out for now. "When there are security circumstances to take different measures, we will," she said.

13:46 THE FORMER POLICE DIRECTOR, JUAN COTINO, DIES

The former president of the Valencian Parliament and who was also the general director of the Police, Juan Cotino, has died after spending almost a month in the Manises Hospital, where he tested positive for Covid-19.

13:37 12 NEW CASES IN OURENSE

The spread of the coronavirus gave Ourense a little respite this Sunday, which with 12 more active cases than the previous day stands at 1,166, a lower increase than in the whole of Galicia for the first time in five days, with the Community scoring 5,939.

13:15 THE FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER LANDELINO LAVILLA PASSED AWAY

The former president of the Congress of Deputies, former Minister of Justice and current member of the Council of State, Landelino Lavilla, died this Monday at the age of 85, sources from the advisory body have confirmed to EFE.

13:00 SUSPENDED THE FESTA DO BOI 2020

The Xan de Arzúa Cultural Association and the Allariz Council announced this Monday the decision to suspend this edition of the festival, which was to take place from June 6 to 14.

12:43 BNG CONSIDER "DARED" TO RESTART NON-ESSENTIAL WORK

The national spokesperson of the BNG, Ana Pontón, has considered it "irresponsible" and "reckless" that this Monday the Government has allowed the return to work in non-essential activities. In addition, and given the problems of "reconciliation" that this situation is causing, it has opted for the study of aid for the care of minors, since resorting to grandparents means putting one of the most vulnerable groups at "risk" in the face of the coronavirus.

12:31 DISINFECTION OF THE STREETS OF LAZA

The City Council of Laza has prepared a plan to disinfect the streets of all its towns, 23 in total, to avoid risks of contagion from the coronavirus.

12:20 WHICH PROJECTS ARE STARTED AND WHICH ARE STOPPED?

This Monday, activity resumes on construction sites that were suspended due to the decree that prohibited all work considered non-essential.

12:19 APPEARANCE IN MONCLOA

María José Sierra highlights the decrease in the number of deaths in the last 24 hours in Spain. From the Technical Committee they insist on maintaining the effort not to take any step back in the fight against the spread of Covid-19. "It is essential to maintain the measures indicated by the authorities," they point out.

María José Sierra indicates that the use of masks is recommended for those places where it is not possible to maintain social distance. She also adds that in a few days the study will begin to determine what percentage of the population has passed the coronavirus.

María José Rallo indicated that if necessary this Monday, reinforcement trains had been prepared. She considers that today's "rush hour" can be classified as "normal".

11:48 GALICIA SUM 366 DEATHS WITH CORONAVIRUS | The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 366 people in Galicia, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes, including integrated ones.

The latest deaths, in all cases with a diagnosis of coronavirus, reports the Ministry of Health, correspond to an 87-year-old woman who was admitted to the Chuo de Ourense, another 75-year-old woman to the Chuac de A Coruña and another of 88 in the Chuf de Ferrol.

11:38 THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN SPAIN FALLS: 517 IN 24 HOURS

The pace of the coronavirus registered the biggest stoppage to date on Monday, with 517 deaths in 24 hours, for a total of 17,489, and 3,477 more infected, a figure that had not been seen since March 18, with which there are already 169,496 confirmed cases.

11:35 STUDY RECOGNIZING THE DEATHS OF AGENTS BY COVID-19 AS AN ACT OF SERVICE

The General Directorate of the Civil Guard is studying the possibility of recognizing the deaths of agents by COVID-19 as caused in acts of service, as reported by the Professional Association of the Civil Guard (APROGC).

11:34 1.85 MILLION PEOPLE INFECTED WORLDWIDE | The new coronavirus pandemic originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan leaves a balance of 1.85 million people infected and more than 114,000 fatalities worldwide, with the United States as the most affected country, with more than 550,000 cases and more than 22,100 dead.

11:30 MARRIED ACCUSES THE GOVERNMENT OF "IMPROVISATION" | The leader of the Popular Party, Pablo Casado, has accused the Government of Pedro Sánchez of "a lot of improvidence" in the resumption of non-essential work activity this Monday, since, in his opinion, adequate protection must be guaranteed to those workers who They return to their jobs. Demand the Government to guarantee masks, tests and the payment of the ERTES: "This is not going well," he stresses

11:23 MORE RISK FOR PEOPLE WITH OBESITY | The director of the Obesity Endoscopy Unit of the HM Sanchinarro University Hospital, Gontrand López-Nava, has warned that people who are obese or overweight are at greater risk of suffering complications if they become infected with the new coronavirus.

11:18 THE GOVERNMENT IS STUDYING THE POSSIBLE EASING OF THE CONFINEMENT OF CHILDREN

The Minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, José Luis Ábalos, insisted this Monday that the Government is looking for the moment to give "an answer" that allows the confinement of children to be made more flexible "without endangering the health of the smallest or third parties", and has not ruled out that some measure could be adopted within two weeks, once the current extension of the state of alarm ends.

11:00 VALDEORRAS | The firefighters from the A Rúa park, belonging to the Provincial Consortium, began disinfecting the surroundings of the Nuestra Señora de Fátima residence for the elderly, intervened by the Xunta in O Barco, after using water from a hydrant to mix with the disinfectant. The firefighters had already disinfected the surroundings of the Asfaval residence (Valdeorresa Association of Relatives of People with Disabilities)

10:43 | Ábalos says that the "rush hour" of this Monday of resumption of activity ended without crowds

The `rush hour` of this Monday morning, the first working day in which the activity of non-essential jobs is restarted, has ended without crowds and "with a very limited concurrence" of travelers at the stations and public transport. This was indicated by the Minister of Transport and Mobility, José Luis Ábalos, who also assured that the distribution of masks on transport has developed "normally". "This Monday, the distribution has gone very well in the eight autonomous communities in which it has been produced, since in others it is still a holiday," he declared in statements to RNE collected by Europa Press.

10:22 | The Pope has called for a "universal salary" for workers who do not have a "stable one to resist at this time" of uncertainty in the face of the economic devastation that the coronavirus pandemic will unleash, while ensuring that "technocratic paradigms" are not " enough" to address this crisis.

10:20 | Marlaska says that by the end of the week there will be masks in pharmacies

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, assured this Monday that the Government is confident that by the end of this week Spanish pharmacies will have masks. "That is the will of the Government", Marlaska reiterated in an interview on Cadena Ser, where he pointed out that an effort is being made in the national production of masks and in the importation of this material so that by the end of this week the citizens You can buy them in pharmacies.

9:46 DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRILAT IN OURENSE

The Army, as part of Operation Balmis, today deploys BRILAT units in the city of Ourense. There will also be mobile patrols that will support the Civil Guard for border control on the Spanish-Portuguese border in Ourense.

9:23 | The National Police begins to distribute in Ourense the first of the 68,000 protection masks against the coronavirus that it plans to deliver in the province.

The operation in the city of Ourense will take place mainly in the train and bus stations and main urban bus shuttles. It will also be distributed in stations in municipalities such as O Carballiño, Allariz, A Rúa, Verín, O Barco and Celanova. In these municipalities it will also be distributed in industrial estates and service areas.

8:31 MARKETS | The Ibex 35 and the main European stock markets will be closed this day for the celebration of the Easter Monday festivity, which puts an end to Easter, on a day marked by the rise in crude oil, close to 4%, after the agreement of the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries (OPEC) to reduce by 9.7 million barrels of crude oil per day as of May 1.

7:50 | 20,000 OURENSANS RETURN TO WORK TODAY

Between illusion and worry, and vice versa. This is how the return to activity is experienced in various productive sectors. Excited because it is urgent that companies reopen, concerned about taking extreme precautions and avoiding contagion. Around 20,000 people will make their way back to work in the province starting today, once the period dictated by the Government for some sectors has expired.

7:30 | The Police will distribute from today 10 million masks on public transport.

"The distribution of masks is only a support for the health protection measures", according to the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who has warned that the stage that begins on Monday does not mean a relaxation of the measures of limitation of movements established in article 7 of the Royal Decree of the State of Alarm. At this point, he has indicated that the use of the mask is recommended, not mandatory, and "if someone does not want to put it on, then they do not puts it", since the only thing that the citizen is obliged to do is comply with the mobility restrictions indicated in the Royal Decree.

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22:58 LAST MINUTE: SUSPENDED WORKS IN BUILDINGS WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CONSTRUCTION

The Government suspends works in buildings where there are people outside the construction to avoid contact between workers and inhabitants and thus reduce the risk of contagion by coronavirus.

22:30 WHICH GAS STATIONS REMAIN OPEN IN OURENSE DURING THE STATE OF ALARM?

On the following map you can see which service stations maintain their activity.

21:25 THE UME DISINFECTS THE CARBALLIÑO ASYLUM

The Military Emergency Unit disinfected this Sunday the facilities of the local asylum. Tomorrow they will continue in Carballiño to deliver masks to everyone who returns to work.

21:10 OPERATION BALMIS: 90,000 MILITARY SOLDIERS FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

To date, a total of 89,780 soldiers have participated in the almost 11,000 interventions carried out in 1,207 towns as part of Operation Balmis, carried out by the Armed Forces in response to the coronavirus pandemic affecting Spain.

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Among the work carried out, which since April 1 has exceeded 500 a day, there have been a total of 1,124 supports for hospitals, 667 for health centers and 558 for social centers, which include treatment centers for disabled people, reintegration, to support the homeless and dependent people, the Ministry of Defense reported in a statement.

21:00 O BARCO USERS ARE ALREADY IN PIÑOR

The residents of the O Barco nursing home are already installed in the Piñor hospital, adapted to deal with the coronavirus health crisis.

20:45 THE DEATHS INCREASE TO 363 IN GALICIA

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 363 people in Galicia. The latest deaths correspond to a 64-year-old woman admitted to the HULA, an 86-year-old man at the La Rosaleda clinic in Santiago and an 82-year-old man at the Vithas Fátima de Vigo. All three had previous pathologies.

20:20 A MONTH OF COLLECTIVE APPLAUSE

The collective applause from the balconies and windows, in gratitude for the work of the health workers and basic service professionals who are fighting the coronavirus, marks the 30th anniversary of this Sunday since they began through a chain of messages in ` WhatsApp`.

The ovations began on Saturday, March 14, when the Spanish government declared a state of alarm for the pandemic. The confinement at home caused residents of different Spanish cities and towns to meet at 8:00 p.m. to thank and show symbolic support for the victims and patients of the coronavirus. This idea had already been consolidated in Italy, another of the European countries with the highest number of infections and deaths from the disease.

20:10 A TOTAL OF 23 DOCTORS DIED IN SPAIN DUE TO COVID-19

The Official College of Physicians of Madrid has confirmed this Sunday that 23 doctors have already died in Spain from COVID-19, of which 14 practiced in Primary Care. This is indicated in a statement released this Sunday on the occasion of World Primary Care Day and where the College demands that protection for this group be strengthened while the coronavirus health crisis lasts, carrying out diagnostic tests on all its professionals.

20:00 THE GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTES 68,000 MASKS TOMORROW IN OURENSE

The Government has delivered a total of 602,000 masks to Galicia that will begin to be distributed as of this Monday in the main points of the Autonomous Community for those people who have to travel by public transport to work. 250,000 units will be distributed in the province of A Coruña; 210,000 in Pontevedra; 74,000 in Lugo and 68,000 in Ourense.

19:50 O BARCO USERS ARRIVE AT PIÑOR

The residents of the Nuestra Señora de Fátima (O Barco) center arrived this afternoon at the Piñor center after the Xunta intervened in the nursing home due to the high number of infections.

19:30 "COURTS FROM THE BALCONY"

"Now do we have to get out of a sign that puts 'vou ao traballo?'" a citizen asks herself before the rise of the phenomenon of "balcony vigilantes", those who rebuke people who pass by on the street from their balconies without knowing the reason.

19:20 USA SEES A PARTIAL REOPENING POSSIBLE IN MAY

The director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, expressed this Sunday "cautious optimism" about the slowdown in the spread of the coronavirus and noted that "perhaps next month" the partial reopening of the hospital could begin. country. "When you look at admissions, hospitalizations, intensive care, and intubation needs," it's starting to turn the corner," Fauci said in statements to CNN about the numbers in New York, the epicenter of the outbreak. in the US with more than 8,000 deaths.

19:00 OFFENSES IN OURENSE

Two people have been denounced in the last few hours in Ourense. A 24-year-old man from Allariz who was inside a vehicle without just cause approached the agents brandishing a screwdriver. In addition, the Local Police denounced a woman after leading a shouting match with her neighbors and insulting the agents.

18:50 BOOKS TO ENHANCE CONFINEMENT

The Ourense Provincial Council will distribute batches of books to nursing homes and hospitals in the province to "encourage reading and contribute to leisure in this time of confinement". The distribution of the books will begin next week and is intended for users of the different centers and their workers.

18:40 ITALY SLOWS DEATHS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS

The Italian authorities have reported 431 deaths in the last 24 hours, well below the 619 on Saturday, and the total number of fatalities from coronavirus now reaches 19,899, very close to 20,000. As for infections, the Sunday Civil Protection bulletin estimates 102,253 active positives, 2,016 more than on Saturday. In total, there are 156,363 positives for coronavirus, including discharged and deceased.

18:30 UPDATE OF DATA IN OURENSE

The province has 1,154 active people after a new increase in coronavirus positives. Of the total, 957 remain at home, 174 are hospitalized and 23 of them in the ICU.

-CHUO: 149 cases; 22 in ICU

-Verín: six positives

-Valdeorras: 18 patients

-COSAGA: one patient on the ward, one in the ICU

Deaths amount to 76, while 166 patients have been discharged from hospital.

18:15 ARRIVAL OF USERS IN CELANOVA

This was the emotional arrival in Celanova of the 18 elderly people transferred to the Os Milagros residence after testing positive for coronavirus.

17:45 TRANSFER OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE O BARCO RESIDENCE TO PIÑOR

The health authorities transferred five residents of the Nuestra Señora de Fátima residence from O Barco to Piñor this afternoon. On Saturday, the transfer of six users to the integrated residence of Os Miragros was already carried out and to them we must add another two transfers made at the beginning of the week.

17:30 UPDATE: 19 PATIENTS FROM THE RESIDENCE OF OS MILAGROS ARE DISCHARGED

The 19 patients who remained admitted to the Os Milagros integrated residence after testing positive for coronavirus have been discharged. These are 18 users of the San Carlos de Celanova nursing home and one user of the Castro Caldelas residence. The 19 will be transferred this Sunday to their respective centers.

17:10 UNITED KINGDOM EXCEEDS 10,000 DEATHS

The number of deaths registered in UK hospitals from COVID-19 has increased by 737 in the last 24 hours, to a total of 10,612, the Ministry of Health reported this Sunday. This number is slightly lower than the 917 deaths confirmed on Saturday and the record of 980 announced on Friday, which was the highest number recorded in one day in a European country.

17:00 DISTRIBUTION OF 602,000 MASKS IN GALICIA, 68,000 IN OURENSE

The Government has delivered a total of 602,000 masks to Galicia that will begin to be distributed as of this Monday in the main points of the Autonomous Community for those people who have to travel by public transport to work. The Government Delegation in Galicia has reported that 250,000 units will be distributed in the province of A Coruña; 210,000 in Pontevedra; 74,000 in Lugo and 68,000 in Ourense.

16:50 FEIJÓO ASKS SÁNCHEZ TO CONCRETE THE AGREEMENTS

The president of the Xunta considers that the reconstruction pacts proposed by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, "is very nice to say" but the will of this agreement still needs to be "concretized". "We only know the title and we don't know the lyrics and the music," he added. Feijóo has shown that "things are announced that are not worked on, nor are they specified, nor is their content known, nor is their scope known, nor is it known who can sign them." "What we do know is that the parliamentary groups associated with the Government in the Congress of Deputies have said that it is necessary to agree with Catalonia and the Basque Country," he added, referring to the pro-independence parties.

16:40 UPDATE: 360 DEATHS IN GALICIA

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 360 people in Galicia, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes, including integrated ones. The positives amount to 5,833 cases.

16:30 FEIJÓO ASKS FOR A FORMULA FOR THE CHILDREN TO LEAVE THE HOME

The president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has asked to find a formula to meet the needs of children in the face of the situation of prolonged confinement that they have been in for more than a month. The Galician president has warned about the possibility that the smallest of the families could spend "two months without being able to leave their homes" so although "until now I had not spoken", this Sunday he has asked for measures in this regard.

16:20 UPDATE: BORIS JOHNSON IS DISCHARGED

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been discharged after being treated for COVID-19 at London's St. Thomas Hospital, but he will continue to convalesce and "will not immediately return to work," his minister reported this Sunday. spokesman.

16:00 THE SLATE SECTOR MAINTAINS THE STOPPAGE OF ACTIVITY

The National Slate Federation has confirmed that all the associated producers will maintain the cessation of activity until April 27. They argue the difficulties in obtaining respiratory protection equipment and the complexity involved in moving the workforce, following the Ministry's requirements, regarding the maximum number of people who can travel in buses and vans.

15:50 GOOD NEWS FROM CELANOVA!

The City Council of Celanova has informed that the 18 users who were in the center of Os Milagros have been discharged due to COVID-19 and that they will return this Sunday to the San Carlos residence.

15:45 BORIS JOHNSON LEAVES THE HOSPITAL

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been discharged after being treated for COVID-19 at London's St. Thomas Hospital, but he will continue to convalesce and "will not immediately return to work," his minister reported this Sunday. spokesman.

15:40 MINIMUM LIVING INCOME

The President of the Government has assured that he intends to implement a minimum vital income "as soon as possible". Sánchez has assured that he will comply with said agreement between the two political forces that are part of the coalition government.

"The intention is to put it into operation as soon as possible. It will be one of the public policies that we will implement as soon as possible and we would like the proposal to have the endorsement of social agents and political forces, which could be part of that agreement for the reconstruction that we are going to start urgently", he pointed out.

15:30 SÁNCHEZ REQUESTS A "DESCALATION OF POLITICAL TENSION"

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has asked all the parties for "a de-escalation of political tension" and has advocated unity to face the coronavirus crisis, citing the consensus reached 40 years ago in the transition. Sánchez stressed that Covid-19 does not distinguish between territories or political color, so the response "must be common, united". This must be done, in his opinion, through a great economic and social reconstruction pact that is sealed in the new Moncloa Pacts that the Government wants to promote and that the president wants to be formalized this week in a first meeting.

15:11 APPEARANCE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT, PEDRO SÁNCHEZ

Between Monday and Tuesday, non-essential activities will resume, but Spain will continue under lockdown, says the Prime Minister. "Those who present symptoms should not go to their workplaces," says Sánchez, who insists on the importance of maintaining hygiene precautions when returning to work.

"We have not yet entered the second phase of de-escalation, the state of alarm continues". "The de-escalation, which will begin in two or three weeks, will be progressive and very cautious," says the president.

"Our country is among the most damaged in this pandemic," says Sánchez, who stresses that "we need a great pact to mitigate the economic and social damage to this country."

Before the end of this first week, the government plans to hold the first meeting to study the reconstruction pacts. A meeting in which political parties, unions, and social agents are summoned. "We all need each other."

BACK TO WORK: The Government is going to guarantee that protection measures such as masks are used when using public transport. "We make decisions based on the advice of the scientific committee," says Sánchez, who defends that the measures adopted within the state of alarm "are bearing fruit."

"With this dynamic we will soon defeat the virus."

14:45 APPEARANCE OF FEIJÓO

"There are two Galician presidents who fight against the coronavirus and two who are suffering," says the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. "The disease is punishing many of us older people," says the regional president.

Feijóo indicates that he has asked Sánchez for an epidemiological study of each community in order to "get the measures right" to carry out. "Having the foresight commands that the Single Command has is not a whim, it is an element to work on," he says. He explains that it is "basic" to "prepare ourselves and to assess whether there may be outbreaks in the different communities."

"Galicia mercou or 89% of the masks they have," said the president of the Xunta about medical supplies, a topic he discussed with Pedro Sánchez this Sunday. He explains that he requested "conclusive" rapid tests from the Prime Minister. Anyway. Feijóo points out that "social distance" is more important and asks Galicians to maintain it.

The president of the Xunta has indicated that he has asked Sánchez for the "aprazamento de impostos", also information on the return to normality so as not to live in this situation of "disinformation".

"I am in favor of a different de-escalation depending on the territories of all of Spain," Feijóo stated, but stressed the importance of carrying out the study before starting that health company and insisted that the "clinical committee make our decisions."

Feijóo on his request that the Galician children go for a walk: "I am not making proposals that they return to xogar our parks, sir that they can go out for a walk with their country."

"There are people who have been doing a lot of work," says the president of the Xunta about the decision not to postpone the call for the Education exams. Feijóo explains that they do not know until when the state of alarm will be extended.

"It is essential to carry out an epidemiological study," says Feijóo to find out how to carry out the de-escalation in Galicia.

Feijóo points out that the State Security Forces and Corps were going to deliver the masks at the bus and train stations in Galicia. "We cannot reduce or social distancing," says Feijóo, about the lack of knowledge of the protocol to distribute masks for public transport.

14:17 CASES INCREASE IN OURENSE

New increase in coronavirus cases in Ourense, with a total of 1,154 active this Saturday night according to the report released by the Ministry of Health, which represents a rise of just over 2%.

13:52 MORE THAN 102,000 DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS WORLDWIDE

The coronavirus pandemic that has the entire world on edge has caused 102,193 deaths, according to the global casualty count just updated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

13:48 FEIJÓO ASKS SÁNCHEZ "CONTRASTED AND APPROVABLE INFORMATION"

The president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has demanded this Sunday that the Government that the Single Command "guarantee verified and comparable information" on the coronavirus crisis. The regional president has used his intervention during Sánchez's telematic meeting with the regional leaders to ask for the forecasts of the National Clinical Committee and information "on the epidemiological study that the Government seems to be preparing," he said.

13:30 THE FERROL HOSPITAL EXPANDS THE MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY

The Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol (CHUF) has expanded the capacity of the Microbiology laboratory to address the needs caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

In order to achieve this, a space dedicated exclusively to molecular biology has been set up, a department that is in charge of managing tests related to COVID-19, according to a statement from the Ferrol Health Area.

13:15 HE SKIPS THE CONFINEMENT AND IS CAUGHT WITH DRUG, IN LEIRO

A neighbor of Beade was surprised in his vehicle in Leiro with several packages of two narcotic substances. He was arrested by the Civil Guard.

12:50 APPEARANCE OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Since March 25, there has been a decrease in cases, especially since April 1. More than 37% of those infected with coronavirus in Spain have been discharged. María José Sierra highlights the work carried out by Primary Care workers in the coronavirus crisis: "They have played a fundamental role and they will have it in the de-escalation," she points out.

Since the start of the state of alarm there have been more than 131,000 people reported for breaking the restrictions.

The different members of the Committee insist to the population that "there be no relaxation" in the fight against the virus.

12:33 SEVEN DEATHS IN GALICIAN HOSPITALS

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 356 people in Galicia, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes, including integrated ones

12:20 DISINFECTION OF THE GERIATRIC DE O BARCO

The Military Emergency Unit returned to the Nuestra Señora de Fátima residence in O Barco to disinfect the center.

12:00 FIRST DEATH IN MEDICAL TRANSPORT FROM CORONAVIRUS

The works council of the UTE Ambulancias Cuenca has wanted to express its deepest condolences to the family and friends of one of its colleagues, an UVI technician from Tarancón, who died this Saturday after a long period in hospital Virgen de la Luz de Cuenca due to the coronavirus.

11:35 619 DEAD IN SPAIN IN 24 HOURS

Coronavirus cases in Spain rise to 166,019, which is 4,167 more than this Saturday, a total of 16,972 people have died (619 more in the last 24 hours) and the number of cured continues to be higher, it stands already at 6% percent, according to the latest data that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has transferred to the regional presidents in the videoconference he is holding this Sunday.

11:30 A STUDY TO KNOW THE AFFECTATION OF THE VIRUS IN THE GALICIAN POPULATION

The Ministry of Health will carry out a clinical study to find out the "affect" of the virus in the Galician population through a sample that aims to reach 100,000 people.

The objective is to "find out the percentage of the population that could have been affected by this virus" in the Community and thus determine "the reality" of the "affect" among Galician citizens.

11:00 WHO IS RECOMMENDED TO DO THE CORONAVIRUS TEST?

The Ministry of Health has published a new update of the protocol `Procedure for action against cases of infection by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)` in which, in addition to patients with acute respiratory infection who are hospitalized , or meet the criteria for hospital admission, and health and social health personnel, it already incorporates tests to detect the disease to other essential services that also present an acute respiratory condition, in addition to especially vulnerable people or residents in closed institutions.

10:45 BORIS JOHNSON THANKS THE WORK OF THE SANITARY

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has thanked the health workers treating him for COVID-19 for their work, while the controversy over the shortage of protective equipment in hospitals increases in the United Kingdom.

10:35 MORTALITY FROM COVID-19 AND POLLUTION, LINKED?

Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark and the University of Siena in Italy have studied whether there might be a link between the high death rate observed in northern Italy and the level of air pollution in the region and they have confirmed that this is very possibly the case, according to a study published in the journal `Environmental Pollution`.

10:30 THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE GUILD OF BAKERS IN OURENSE

The figure of the baker is vital in the most dispersed rural area of ​​Ourense and its need is accentuated in full confinement. Bakers act as psychologists and even informants for those people who live in solitude and to whom bread continues to arrive daily. The union is going through a difficult situation.

10:20 NEIGHBORS TELLING IN OURENSE?

In the name of civility, there are several mayors who are encouraging behaviors that are not very democratic, asking citizens through groups to monitor the arrival of foreigners or examine whether their neighbors comply with sanitary regulations.

10:10 TORRA REQUESTS THE REPORTS THAT ENDORSE THE DEFINEMENT

The President of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, has sent a letter this Sunday to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in which he asks for the "sanitary and epidemiological reports" on which he has based himself to order the cessation of confinement due to the coronavirus approved by royal decree law 10/2020..

10:00 NEW SANCTIONS IN OURENSE FOR SKIPPING THE CONFINEMENT

The Civil Traffic Guard denounced three drivers at dawn last Friday for not respecting the measure of staying at home and, in addition, two of them for testing positive for alcohol -one exceeded more than four times the legal rate - and the other, of Romanian nationality, for illegal residence in Spain.

9:45 PURA VÁZQUEZ, DISCHARGED AFTER TEN DAYS ADMISSION

Pura Taín, 84, is already at her home in Zarracós (A Merca) with her husband after 10 days admitted to the Ourense University Hospital Complex to overcome the coronavirus.

9:40 GERMANY, MORE THAN 120,000 CONTACTED

Germany has added more than 2,800 new cases of coronavirus this Sunday, which places the global count above 120,000, including more than 2,600 deaths, including 129 in the last day, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). , the government agency responsible for disease monitoring in the country.

9:10 THIS IS HOW THE WORK MODEL WILL CHANGE IN OURENSE AFTER THE PANDEMIC

"Reinvent yourself" is once again gaining strength to overcome a crisis in which digitization, innovation or training are key.

9:00 WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN OURENSE?

Ourense once again absorbs most of the new cases in Galicia, maintaining the load in the ICU and exceeding 70 deaths

8:50 REYES MAROTO: "WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP THE DISTANCE FOR A TIME, EVEN ON THE BEACH"

The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, does not rule out the adoption of restrictions such as maintaining physical distancing in the places with the greatest tourist influx, "even on the beach", and believes that the tourism sector will be of the last to overcome the crisis.

​8:30 CHINA CONFIRMS 99 CASES OF CORONAVIRUS

The Chinese Ministry of Health has confirmed 99 new cases of coronavirus this Sunday, of which 97 have been imported from abroad and two have been transmitted locally in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang.

23:15 USA SURPASSES ITALY IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS: 20,071

The United States surpassed Italy this Saturday as the country with the most deaths in the world from the coronavirus, with more than 20,000, and also already registers more than half a million infected, while President Donald Trump is already contemplating a gradual reopening of the economy that could begin at the beginning of May. According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, there are already 20,071 deaths and 506,188 infected.

22:30 BULO ABOUT THE DATE OF THE LIFTING OF THE RESTRICTIONS

The Government has warned this Saturday of a hoax that is circulating on social networks about a publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE) in which the dates of the lifting of some of the restrictions included in the state of alarm with reason for the coronavirus. "Spain is still in a phase of confinement in the face of Covid-19 and the de-escalation has not yet begun. Information is circulating about the restrictions of the state of alarm. Always trust official sources," says La Moncloa in a message from their official Twitter profile in which they attach the image that is circulating with a watermark that reads "false"

22:15 THE TESTIMONY OF AN OURENSANA IN CAMEROON

Sister Carmen Rodríguez is a missionary from Ourense who is destined for Cameroon. This is how the COVID-19 pandemic lives in the country.

22:00 MORE THAN 500 POSITIVES ON A US AIRCRAFT CARRIER

A total of 550 crew members of the US aircraft carrier `Theodore Roosevelt` have tested positive for coronavirus, as reported by the US Navy itself. Up to 92 percent of the ship's crew have been tested and 3,696 have already been transferred ashore due to the situation on board.

21:45 HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF TO GO TO WORK?

If you return to work this Monday, here you can consult the main recommendations published by the Government to protect yourself and avoid getting infected.

21:30 PRISON WITHOUT BAIL FOR REFUELING GAS 4 TIMES IN ONE DAY

The Investigating Court number 2 of Corcubión (A Coruña) has ordered this Saturday the provisional detention, communicated and without bail of a detainee who allegedly broke the confinement by going to "refuel gasoline up to four times a day", among other unjustified outings .

21.15 THE DEATHS INCREASE TO 349 IN GALICIA

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 349 people in Galicia, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes, including integrated ones. The latest deaths correspond to an 88-year-old man who was admitted to the Chuac de A Coruña and another 70-year-old man who was admitted to the Chuf de Ferrol.

20:20 THE XUNTA INTERVENES THE RESIDENCE FOR THE ELDERLY OF O BARCO

The Xunta de Galicia has announced the intervention of the Nuestra Señora de Fátima residence for the elderly in O Barco de Valdeorras after the high number of positives for coronavirus.

19:30 CLOSURE OF GAS STATIONS IN SPAIN

The Government will guarantee, proportionally, that at least one gas station remains open in all the municipalities that have this type of facility and that all maritime posts that supply the fishing sector remain active while the state of alarm continues. In those municipalities where no available facilities have been identified, the gas station with the highest sales will be required to remain open with reduced hours.

19:10 MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION CONTAGES

The coronavirus pandemic has totaled one hundred thousand cases worldwide in the last 24 hours, characterized mainly by the threshold of 100,000 deaths worldwide being exceeded and by the declaration of half a million infections in the United States, the current epicenter of the pandemic. Up to 1,724,736 people have been infected by the disease in 185 countries around the world, according to the balance updated this Saturday by Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll is 104,938, with Italy still in the lead (19,468), and the people who have overcome the disease are now 390,335 and the majority, 77,877, are in China. The United States continues to be, by far, the first country in number of infected people, with 503,594. In the last 24 hours, it has also suffered a strong rise in deaths to record 18,860. New York also remains the epicenter of the pandemic in the country: more than 160,000 cases and 8,627 deaths.

18:55 THE LEGANÉS FIELD HOSPITAL CLOSES

The field hospital set up by the Leganés City Council in the municipality's Carlos Sastre Pavilion has closed its doors this Saturday and no longer has any patients. This hospital was launched on April 1 with a total of 120 beds, of which 30 were used, and its objective was to alleviate the pressure of care in the Severo Ochoa emergency room, which for days has seen a considerable decrease the number of patients attending the hospital.

18:35 THE BASIC GUIDE TO THE LIES OF COVID-19

In this link you can consult the guide that compiles the advice and data that we must ignore if we want to successfully overcome the pandemic.

18:28 ITALY EXCEEDS 150,000 CONTAGES AND CLOSES TO 20,000 DEATHS

18:25 WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER APRIL 26?

The Government will listen to the "proposals" and "decisions" of the autonomous communities to decide what measures to take beyond April 26, when it will end, unless there is a new extension, the phase of confinement and social isolation dictated to make against the coronavirus pandemic.

18:15 ITALY WARNS OF POSSIBLE ALTERCATIONS

The Italian Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, issued a circular to government delegates throughout the country in which she calls for attention to the possibility that due to the economic emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic, tensions and extremist outbreaks as well as mob infiltration activities.

The difficulties for companies and the world of work caused by the coronavirus emergency "could be accompanied by serious tensions that can be echoed, on the one hand, by the resurgence of common types of crime and the appearance of outbreaks of extremist expression , and on the other, the risk that criminal organizations lurk in the face of new needs," reads the circular.

17:55 UNITED KINGDOM ALREADY EXCEEDS 9,800 DEATHS

The number of deaths recorded in UK hospitals from COVID-19 has increased by 917 in the last 24 hours, to a total of 9,875, Home Secretary Priti Patel reported on Saturday. This daily increase in the official death toll is slightly less than the record of 980 people announced on Friday, which was the highest number recorded in one day in a European country.

17:45 SEAT STOPS THE PRODUCTION OF RESPIRATORS

The automobile firm Seat has decided to stop "for now" the manufacture of emergency respirators at its plant in Martorell (Barcelona) due to the improvement in the situation in ICUs due to the drop in positive cases for coronavirus.According to As reported by company sources, this decision comes in response to the fact that hospitals do not need more emergency respirators at the moment, since the volume of positive cases for Covid-19 has been reduced.

17:30 NEW YORK CLOSES ITS SCHOOLS FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this Saturday the closure of the city's public schools for the rest of the school year, a measure he called "painful" but "necessary to save lives" and to be able to continue to implement social distancing and beat the coronavirus.

New York's public education system, the largest in the US and with 1.1 million students, closed its schools on March 15 and began a distance education system a week later.

17:20 HYGIENE OF WORK CLOTHES: WASHING AT 60-90 DEGREES

The Government recommends washing work clothes at a temperature between 60 and 90 degrees and considers that "it is not essential" to wear a mask during the working day if the type of work does not require it and interpersonal distance is maintained. This is included in the guide to good practices in workplaces to prevent coronavirus infections published by the Executive, coinciding with the return, this Monday, to their workplaces of non-essential employees who cannot telework.

17:10 INFRINGEMENT IN OURENSE: A HAIRDRESSER OPENS DURING THE STATE OF ALARM

A hairdresser in the A Carballeira neighborhood has broken the rules decreed by the state of alarm and opened its establishment this Saturday. Local Police officers went to the scene.

17:00 A DRIVER BYPASSES THE CONFINEMENT AND TRAVELS FROM BARAJAS TO TUI

The Civil Guard of Verín intercepted this Good Friday a vehicle with a Portuguese license plate when it was driving on the A-52 motorway, as it passed through A Gudiña. The driver, a Romanian national, alleged that he was traveling to Tui (Pontevedra) after making a trip to the Barajas airport for work reasons.

16:20 AYUSO WILL MAINTAIN THE PROTECTION MEASURES FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS

16:15 OURENSE DATA UPDATE

The province's health area totals 47 cases and reaches 1,129, with 72 deaths. Of the total cases, 947 remain at home, while 160 are hospitalized and 23 in the ICU.

- CHUO: 136 admitted, 22 in ICU

- Verín: 6 admitted

- Valdeorras: 7 admitted

- COSAGA: one hospitalized, 1 in ICU

A total of 153 patients have been discharged while 72 people have died from the coronavirus.

16:00 THE SCENARIO AFTER APRIL 26

"We are not de-escalating." The Minister of Health pointed out that, as the President of the Government advanced, it is possible that the state of alarm will be extended on April 26. Illa pointed out that future scenarios are already being studied but that at the moment no indication can be given.

15:40 IS THE USE OF A MASK MANDATORY?

Fernando Grande-Marlaska insists that the use of a mask is recommended, but in no case mandatory. The minister announced that 10 million masks will be distributed. In this sense, the Minister of Health stresses that it is more effective to maintain hygiene in public and private spaces and wash your hands frequently than the use of masks.

​15:12 TURN FOR THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, FERNANDO GRANDE-MARLASKA

The Minister of the Interior appears: "Citizens have to be clear that there will be no relaxation of the measures." Marlaska insists that a de-escalation has not begun, so the rules of the state of alarm will be maintained despite the return to work activity this Monday. "In the coming weeks, you will only be able to leave the house to go to the workplace or to buy basic necessities," insists the minister.

The Government has activated the distribution of masks at the most important public transport points in the country, which will begin to be distributed this Monday. The masks will be delivered at the entrances to means of transport where it is difficult to maintain a safety distance of one and a half meters.

Starting this Monday, the presence of the security forces at the stations will be reinforced to guarantee the delivery of the masks and to guarantee that the displacements are justified.

State security forces and bodies, regional police and members of the national civil protection system will be in charge of distributing the masks.

The Minister of the Interior highlights that yesterday, Good Friday, there was a reduction in displacements of slightly more than 95% on Spanish highways.

15:01 LIVE, THE MINISTERS OF HEALTH AND INTERIOR

Follow live the press conference of the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.

The Minister of Health highlights that Spain is in the phase of slowing down the virus, although the confinement continues. Regarding the return to work next Monday, the head of Health insists that those who present symptoms do not go to their workplaces.

Regarding travel, those who travel by public transport must keep an interpersonal distance of one meter and the use of a mask is recommended. In workplaces, the safety distance must also be kept, as well as avoiding crowds at the entrances and exits. Companies must provide workers with protective equipment.

Health insists on the importance of three priorities to avoid new infections: maintaining a maximum safety distance -one and a half, two meters-, washing hands frequently and extreme hygiene conditions in the workplace. In addition, the use of masks is recommended.

15:00 BLOWING OUT THE ONE HUNDRED CANDLES IN QUARANTINE

14:49 WILL THE OLYMPIC GAMES BE POSSIBLE IN 2021?

The Organizing Committee for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, rescheduled for the summer of 2021, doubts "whether it will be possible to control the pandemic" before those new dates, its executive director admitted at a press conference.

14:43 1.7 MILLION CONTACTED WORLDWIDE

Globally, the coronavirus has claimed 103,536 lives and infected 1,709,014 people, according to the updated balance of Johns Hopkins University.

14:30 PORTUGAL HAS 470 DEATHS

The Portuguese Minister of Health, Marta Temido, confirmed this Saturday 35 new deaths in the last 24 hours, with which the new disease has already claimed a total of 470 lives in the country. As for positives, there are 515 more cases, up to a total of 15,987, confirming a clear downward trend after the rebound on Friday.

14:20 THE CELTA HEADQUARTERS WILL ACCOMMODATE THE SANITARY PERSONNEL FROM VIGO

Celta reported this Saturday the reopening of the residence of its youth academy, located in the A Sede facilities, to house the health personnel who are fighting "without fainting on the front line" against COVID-19 in the health area from Vigo.

14:06 APPEARANCE OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

The increase in the number of cases in Spain is 3%, explains María José Sierra. From the Technical Committee they point out that everyone's collaboration continues to be important so that there is not a rebound in cases in the coming weeks. They insist on the "need to stay at home" and go out only "in strictly necessary cases".

María Pilar Allué explains that Chief Commissioner José García Molina has presented symptoms compatible with the coronavirus and is therefore not participating in this Saturday's appearance.

María José Sierra affirms that in the next two weeks she expects to see the same level of mobility as in the first 14 days of confinement. María José Rallo explains that measures will be taken to avoid crowds on public transport. Regarding health personnel, it affects that there are 25,000 professionals affected throughout Spain.

14:05 MORE THAN 40 NEW CASES IN OURENSE

The province's health area totals 47 cases and reaches 1,129, with 71 deaths

13:50 MORE THAN 12,000 CASES AND MORE THAN 600 DEATHS IN AFRICA

The number of coronavirus infections registered in Africa is now at 12,973 cases, according to the latest continental balance updated to this Saturday by the African Centers for Disease Prevention and Control. A total of 693 people have died across the continent since the declaration of the pandemic, which has already reached 52 African countries. Only Lesotho and the Comoros have not registered cases. A total of 2,064 people have been discharged.

13:40 1,700 TESTS IN THE OURENS RESIDENCES

The health area of ​​Ourense, Verín and O Barco, following the instructions of the Consellería de Sanidade, is carrying out a massive sample collection among the users and workers of more than one hundred public and private socio-sanitary residences in the province to Detect those affected by Covid-19.

13:20 HE WAS BORED AND WENT TO SEE A FRIEND, IN VERÍN

A man, who had already been denounced on March 21 for skipping confinement, was caught this morning quadrupling the permitted alcohol rate. He claimed that he was bored at home and went to see a friend.

13:00 INTERCEPTED IN A RÚA WITH DRUG AND SKIPPING THE CONFINEMENT

The Civil Guard of A Rúa accused two young residents of the town who were intercepted with marijuana for a crime against drug trafficking. In addition, they were denounced for not obeying the confinement decreed by the state of alarm.

12:50 THE XUNTA STRENGTHENS ITS CYBERSECURITY

The coronavirus health crisis and the consequences derived from the restrictions for citizens adopted by the different countries to combat the virus have placed the concern of cyber attacks in the global focus. A concern to which neither Spain nor Galicia are oblivious, especially at the level of the public administration and the Servizo Galego de Saúde (Sergas).

12:11 GALICIA SUM 337 DEATHS WITH CORONAVIRUS

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 337 people in Galicia, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes, including integrated ones.

12:05 A ROUNDABOUT IN HONOR OF THE SANITARY WORKERS FROM OURENSA

The City Council will dedicate a roundabout to the health personnel of Ourense who are taking care of their neighbors and helping to overcome this pandemic. The roundabout chosen is the one that links Nuestra Señora de la Saínza street with Zamora avenue, which will be transformed into a unique green space to honor the work of health workers.

11:37 MORE THAN 16,000 DEATHS IN SPAIN, 510 IN 24 HOURS

Coronavirus cases in Spain rise to 161,852, which is 4,830 more than this Friday, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Health. A total of 16,353 people have died (510 more in the last 24 hours) and 59,109 have recovered (3,441 more).

11:20 REINFORCEMENT OF THE HOME HELP SERVICE

The Xunta de Galicia will strengthen the Home Help Service to care for people with care needs with the allocation of 500,000 new hours of home care per month, 69,000 in Ourense. .

11:00 NEW HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS

The Ministry of Health has published a series of recommendations for people to avoid getting infected when leaving home to shop, go to the pharmacy or go to work. Simple measures that insist that citizens must carry out to help combat the spread of Covid-19 in our country.​

10:45 TWO GALICIAN HOSPITALS PARTICIPATE IN A CLINICAL TRIAL

The University Hospital Complex of Santiago (CHUS) and that of Ferrol (CHUF) will participate in the first clinical trial dedicated to the prevention of COVID-19 in health professionals.

Both are included among the 62 hospitals selected from 13 Spanish communities that will participate in this study promoted by the Ministry of Health within the framework of the National AIDS Plan, as explained this Saturday by the Government Delegation in Galicia in a release.

10:00 STRICTER MEASURES RECOMMENDED TO JAPAN

The executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program, Michael Ryan, has recommended that Japan adopt stricter measures to combat the coronavirus epidemic in the country, which still maintains its bars and Partially open restaurants, especially in areas where the contagion vector has not yet been identified.

9:20 THE BOE PUBLISHES THE AUTHORIZATION OF EXTENSION OF THE STATE OF ALARM

The Official State Gazette publishes this Saturday the resolution of the Congress of Deputies authorizing the request for a second extension of the state of alarm, requested by the Government until April 26.

9:00 MORRIS, CASIANO, MANUEL NOVOA, LARA DA SILVA... THIS IS HOW THEY ARE DEALING WITH CONFINEMENT

Social life has not died. It has simply become invisible. In the digital age, new technologies have made it easier for meetings with friends and family to move from cafeteria terraces, bar counters and restaurant tables to the living room at home, in front of the computer screen. a computer or mobile.

8:40 UNITED STATES, EPICENTER OF THE EPIDEMIC

The coronavirus pandemic has totaled one hundred thousand cases worldwide in the last 24 hours, characterized mainly by exceeding the threshold of 100,000 global deaths, and by the declaration of half a million infections in the United States, the current epicenter of the pandemic.

8:20 47,000 MASKS FOR TRANSPORTERS

The General Secretary for Transport, María Jesús Rallo, indicated this Friday that the Ministry of Transport has already distributed some 450,000 masks to 47,000 carriers.

8:00 THE FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER ENRIQUE MÚGICA DIES

The former Minister of Justice and Ombudsman, Enrique Múgica, died this Friday, November 11, at the age of 88 from coronavirus, as published by La Razón. The lawyer and politician was a member of the PSOE executive since 1967.

7:45 NEW MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM THE SANITARY WORKERS FROM OURENSA

7:23 ONE HUNDRED DEAD IN CATALONIA FROM CORONAVIRUS IN 24 HOURS

The number of people who have died in the last 24 hours in Catalonia due to COVID-19 has been one hundred, bringing the total figure to 3,331, while there have been 1,257 new positives for coronavirus, therefore that the total is 32,984, according to data provided by the Department of Health.

7:11 FOUR CASES OF LOCAL TRANSMISSION IN CHINA

The Chinese Ministry of Health reported this Saturday that 46 new cases of coronavirus have been registered in the Asian country, of which 42 have been imported and four of local transmission.

7:00USA, 2,000 DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS IN ONE DAY

The United States on Friday became the first country in the world to register an increase of more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day and surpassed half a million cases, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.

21:05 | The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 324 people in Galicia, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes, including integrated ones.

The latest deaths, reports the Department of Health, correspond to an 82-year-old woman admitted to the Chus de Santiago, an 84-year-old man to the Chuo de Ourense, a 50-year-old woman and another 74-year-old to the Álvaro Cunqueiro de Vigo and a man of 86 and another of 77 in the Chuac de A Coruña. All had previous pathologies, the same source has reported.

20:40 OURENSE | These neighbors of Bernardo Cachamuíña are not willing to go without Holy Week... they have their own bishop and a flying procession!

20:02 GLOBAL DATA UPDATE

The death toll from COVID-19 in the world exceeded 100,000, according to data provided this Friday by Johns Hopkins University in the United States. According to that source, the death toll has reached 100,376, with Italy having the higher number of deaths, with 18,849; followed by the US, with 17,925; and Spain, with 15,970.

19:43 | Portugal has exceeded the threshold of 15,000 coronavirus cases this Friday, after a rise of 1,500 in the last 24 hours, including 435 deaths, 26 more, as reported by the Secretary of State for Health, Jamila Madeira.

19:36 | CANCELED THE CULTURAL BLACKOUT

The Union of Actors and Actresses has called off the 'Cultural Blackout' this Friday to give "a vote of confidence" to the Government, after the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, said that they are going to "study the singularity of the cultural sector to adapt the general measures already taken, as well as future ones, to the specificities of the sector".

19:19 | The number of recorded deaths in UK hospitals from COVID-19 has increased by a record 980 in 24 hours, to a total of 8,958.

19:01 | The WHO warns of a "deadly resurgence" of the coronavirus if the decline phase is not properly managed.

The World Health Organization highlighted today that lifting the quarantines and other restrictions taken by countries affected by COVID-19 must be done gradually and in a controlled manner, since the phase of decline in cases "can be as dangerous as the of promotion if it is not managed properly". "Some countries are already planning the transition from lockdowns and the WHO, like everyone, wants these restrictions to end, but doing it too quickly can lead to a deadly resurgence" of cases, the agency's director general, Tedros, warned at a press conference. Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

18:58 | The downward trend in Italy is confirmed: 570 deaths from coronavirus in one day (yesterday there were 610) and almost 2,000 recovered, the second highest number of cured in a single day.

18:50 | More than 5,000 signatures to postpone the Galician opposition for teachers until 2021. Thousands of people have already signed an online petition through Change.org to request that the selection processes be postponed until next year due to the "critical situation that is being lived" and "with all the consequences" that it is causing.

18:43 | Culture and the Treasury will meet with the cultural sector to alleviate its difficulties given its "singularity".

The Minister of Finance and Government spokesperson, María Jesús Montero, has announced that she will accompany the Minister of Culture and Sports, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, in the meeting that he will hold in the coming days with the culture sector. "The Government is aware of the extreme difficulties that we are going through and, therefore, we will study their uniqueness so that they can benefit from the general measures adapted to their profile that have already been implemented or those that can be designed or applied in the future. ", he indicated.

18:30 | The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has received a medical discharge after recovering from the coronavirus that forced her to be in isolation since March 16, a total of 26 days in quarantine.

17:24 | UNCERTAINTY AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN

Sergas recognizes that it does not have a single protocol for all centers on how to act in case of pregnancy, which adds uncertainty to future mothers, as has been reported by various groups, such as Embarazas Galicia, Alecría, Bico de Leite, Compostela Feminist Maternity Units and the CUT and CIG Equality Secretariats, among others.

17:08 | 5,631 ACTIVE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN GALICIA

The number of people infected by COVID-19 has risen to 5,631, after registering 80 new cases. Despite this, patient discharges have also increased and now amount to 997. According to the data provided by the Department of Health, 1,151 of these cases are from the A Coruña area, 571 from Lugo, 1,082 from Ourense, 469 from Pontevedra, 1,074 from Vigo, 963 from Santiago, and 321 from Ferrol Of these, 149 remain in the ICU and 766 are in hospitalization units, although 4,716 are being cared for at home. The coronavirus tests carried out in Galicia (PCR) amount to 39,432, according to data from Sanidade.

16:10 | The Government will distribute reusable masks on the subway to go to work

The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has assured that the Government recommends the use of reusable masks on journeys to work, where there may be crowds, and for this reason it will distribute them from Monday at Metro and Cercanías stations.

16:00 | A BREATH FOR SMEs AND THE SELF-EMPLOYED

The government spokesperson and finance minister, María Jesús Montero, announced this Friday that the Executive will approve "soon" an extension of the deadlines for filing and paying tax returns so that the self-employed and SMEs with the most difficulties can Submit them until May 20, instead of April, while allowing them to renounce the module system and pay for direct estimation, along with changes in Corporate Tax.

15:38 | The Council of Carballiño continues to congratulate the children on their birthdays to make confinement more bearable.

15:20 | 409 CASES OF ACTIVE CORONAVIRUS IN OURENS RESIDENCES

40 more positives in O Barco and 4 in other centers bring the active cases in nursing homes in the province to 409. Sanidade has detected 32 more users of the Nuestra Señora de Fátima de O Barco residence with positives, bringing the infected residents to 62. In addition, eight more workers with COVID-19 bring the number of infected employees to 18.

14:50 "SOME DO NOT LIFT THEIR SHOULDER | The Government has once again launched this Friday an appeal to all political forces, businessmen and unions to join the great pact for the economic and social reconstruction of Spain proposed by the president, Pedro Sánchez, and has regretted that some do not want to "pitch their shoulders" in this crisis. "Some continue with old inertia and are not capable of pitching in," said the minister spokesperson, María Jesús Montero at a press conference after the Council of Extraordinary Ministers this Friday that has approved the extension of the state of alarm until the 26th.

14:40 ICO CREDITS | The Council of Ministers has approved this Friday a second tranche of the line of guarantees for loans from the Official Credit Institute (ICO) for an amount of 20,000 million euros, which will be used exclusively to provide liquidity to the self-employed and SMEs to help them face the situation due to the coronavirus. This second round of financing, which is part of the economic measures agreed to deal with the coronavirus crisis, is included in another Royal Decree, which also extends the state of alarm until April 26, the minister explained today Government spokesperson, María Jesús Montero. The initiative may benefit around 1.3 million businesses, added Montero, who has made it clear to the entities that the granting of one of these credits cannot be "in any case" associated to the purchase of other financial products, since the State guarantees up to 80% of them.

14:15 PRESS CONFERENCE | María Jesús Montero and Salvador Illa give an account of the agreements adopted in the Council of Ministers.

14:00 MORE MATERIAL ARRIVES FROM CHINA | The health air corridor completed its seventh shipment of 800,000 masks plus half a million gloves this Friday, as reported by Fenin, Grupo Oesía and Iberia, the three promoters of this solidarity initiative. Since its launch, the initiative has contributed 16 million masks, two million other protective materials, complete respirators for ICUs, essential components for the national industry to manufacture respirators and flowmeters for medical oxygen.

13:20 THE PRIORITIES OF THE MINIMUM LIVING INCOME | The vice presidency for Social Rights and for the 2030 Agenda wants the minimum vital income of 500 euros to be raised to 950 euros for families with two adults without income and two dependent children. This has been confirmed to Europa Press by sources from the Vice Presidency for Social Rights and for the 2020 Agenda. "The Extraordinary Social Income (CSR) must immediately reach all the people who need it with a simple and very agile implementation," they add.

12:30 THE XUNTA URGEES MEASURES FOR THE PRIMARY SECTOR | The Minister of the Sea, Rosa Quintana, and the Minister of Rural Affairs, José González, have sent a letter to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, in which they demand different fiscal measures to support the primary sector, "applicable immediately", to face the difficulties that are presented in the current state of alarm due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus.

11:59 LIVE | Follow the Government press conference in which the cases and progress in the fight against the coronavirus are detailed.

11:33 THE DECEASED DESCEND | The death toll in Spain from coronavirus has dropped compared to Thursday. In total there have been 605 deaths, 68 less than 24 hours ago

11:08 RUSSIA REACHES 1,000 CASES | Russia has registered 1,786 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 11,917, including 94 deaths, 18 more than the previous day, the center dedicated to fighting the pandemic in the country reported this Friday. "During the last day in Russia, 1,786 cases of Covid-19 infection have been confirmed in 57 regions," which, added to the 10,131 recorded on Thursday, yields a total of 11,917 in 82 regions, he specified. In addition, on this day There have been another 18 deaths, the majority in Moscow, with twelve, bringing the total number of fatalities to 94, the Russian organization pointed out, quoted by the official Sputnik news agency. Moscow continues to be the most affected city by the coronavirus in Russia. The mayor, Sergei Sobianin, reported this Friday that hundreds of Chinese tourists have been sanctioned and dozens of them deported for violating the preventive measures in force in the capital, including confinement in homes. "We are not joking," he said.

10:49 THE MINISTER, RECOVERED | The Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Function, Carolina Darias, has announced today through a tweet that she has already overcome the coronovirus after 30 days of confinement.

"Now yes, after 30 days, I have defeated #COVID19. Although in isolation, I have not felt alone at any time. Thanks to those who have accompanied me on this journey in one way or another. Strength to those who follow fighting and hope that #EsteVirusLoParamosUnidos", says the Canarian minister.

​10:15 TWO MONTHS AT HOME | Spain recovers the downward trend of the coronavirus epidemic, but the state of alarm, declared on March 14, will probably continue at least until well into May, which would last around two months at least. The state of alarm entails drastic measures of limitation of economic activities and population movements to contain contagion, which is fully noticeable on this atypical Good Friday of closed churches and completely empty streets, since this year religious services and the famous Spanish processions were suppressed.

10:01 ALMOST 100,000 DEAD | The virus already affects more than a million people around the planet, with New York City as ground zero for the pandemic, registering more than 159,000 infections.

09:45 ITALY WILL PROLONG THE STATE OF ALARM | The Italian government plans to extend the containment measures and closure of non-essential activities until May 3 with some exceptions as of April 14, such as stationery and bookstores, as published this Friday by the country's media.

08:42 ONLY 42 NEW CASES IN CHINA

The Chinese Ministry of Health reported this Friday that 42 new cases of coronavirus have been registered in the country, 38 of them imported, and one new death. Of the four cases of local transmission, three have been confirmed in Guangdong province and one in Heilongjiang province. The total balance of Covid-19 cases in China amounts to 81,907, while the cases from abroad are already 1,141. Of them, 408 have been discharged, 733 are still receiving medical attention and 34 of them are in serious condition.

08:05 ECONOMIC INJECTION FOR SMEs

The Government will enable this Friday in an extraordinary Council of Ministers a second line of public guarantees, of another 20,000 million euros, in order to guarantee liquidity to the productive fabric in the face of the emergency of the coronavirus crisis, and that will be reserved entirely for SMEs and the self-employed. During his speech before the Plenary Session of Congress, to which he went to request the extension of the validity of the state of alarm until April 26, Sánchez said that he hopes that more than 1.3 million freelancers and companies benefit from this line of public guarantees, of the maximum of 100,000 million that the Executive announced at the beginning. Likewise, it has said that another 130,000 companies and freelancers will benefit from the extension of the ICO debt limit, to increase all its financing lines, up to a total of 10,000 million euros.

23:00 CALVIÑO CELEBRATES THE EUROGROUP AGREEMENT

The Minister for Economic Affairs, Nadia Calviño, welcomed the "good agreement" reached in the Eurogroup on a package of measures that unlocks more than 500,000 million euros in loans and also to launch a medium-term recovery fund once the health emergency is over.

22:28 BILLIONAIRE MEASURES BY THE EUROGROUP AGAINST THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS

The Eurogroup reached an agreement this Thursday on a package of economic measures that will mobilize half a billion euros in loans to support States, companies and workers in the face of the pandemic, after the Netherlands has agreed to lighten access conditions to the rescue fund.

22:25 THIS IS HOW THEY CONGRATULATED THE BIRTHDAY OF BRAIS ON PICASSO STREET IN THE CITY​

21:48 THIS IS HOW THE MEDICALIZED TRAINS OF RENFE ARE

21:40 COSAGA LEAVES ICU AFTER 23 DAYS

Juan, after spending 23 days in the ICU at COSAGA and being one of the first intubated patients in Ourense, is about to be discharged and continue his recovery at home.

​21:15 GALICIA EXCEEDS 300 DEATHS WITH CORONAVIRUS

The confirmation of eight new deaths in Galician hospitals in the last few hours raises the number of deaths in the community to 305 cases, between these health centers and nursing homes.

20:45 BORIS JOHNSON LEAVES ICU

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, left the intensive care unit at St. Thomas Hospital in London this Thursday afternoon, where he had been admitted since Monday night due to the coronavirus .

20:14 APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF THE STATE OF ALARM

This Thursday, Congress authorized the Government to decree a second extension, until April 26, of the state of alarm in force since March 14, although two parties have opposed it, each for different reasons: Vox and the cup.

19:45 BALCONY MUSICIAN IN A CUÑA

Adrián Diz is one of those balcony musicians who is in charge of cheering up the people of Ourense during the quarantine. In the video he can be seen interpreting the song "Frío" by Manolo Tena "

19:15 CONFIRMED A CASE IN RAIRIZ DE VEIGA

The Rairiz de Veiga City Council announced this Thursday a case of coronavirus in the municipality. They indicate that the affected person is quarantining and following the instructions of the medical team.

18:55 POSITIVE IN LEIRO

A resident of Quercus in Leiro has tested positive for coronavirus. She is confined to her room, though she shows no symptoms of the infection. This morning the workers have undergone the tests

18:50 THE GOVERNMENT'S MINIMUM INCOME PROPOSAL

The Government has proposed to unions and NGOs the urgent implementation of a provisional minimum vital income that protects the most vulnerable people and which it calls the "bridge minimum vital income (IVM)" until a permanent measure can be articulated , as the Vice Presidency for Social Rights and for the 2030 Agenda has assured in a statement. Executive sources have explained to Europa Press that it is an aid of 500 euros.

18:43 THE NUMBER OF DEATHS RISES AGAIN IN ITALY

There are now 18,279 deaths in Italy with coronavirus, with 610 more registered in the last 24 hours, a figure higher than the last two days, on a day in which infections also grew.

18:30 OVER 800 DEATHS IN THE UK

The number of UK hospital deaths from COVID-19 rose by 881 today, to a total of 7,978 fatalities, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.

18:00 WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO REFER A PATIENT TO HOME HOSPITALIZATION?

Having a well-ventilated room specifically dedicated to isolation, having a telephone to communicate permanently with health personnel and not living with vulnerable people are several of the requirements established by the Ministry of Health to refer patients with convulsions to home hospitalization. Covid-19.

17:15 THE MEN'S EUROBASKET POSTPONED TO 2022

FIBA decided this Thursday to move the Eurobasket scheduled for next year in Germany, the Czech Republic, Georgia and Italy to 2022 and maintain the dates of the women's tournament, from June 17 to June 27, 2021, co-organized by the federations Spanish and French with one of its headquarters in Valencia.

16:42 THE DEATH RATE OF COVID, 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE FLU

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned this Thursday that the mortality rate of the new coronavirus, whose disease is known as Covid-19, is "10 times higher" to the flu.

16:40 CONGRATULATIONS WITH MAGIC IN VIANA DO BOLO

El Mago Teto, with the collaboration of the Viana do Bolo City Council, has launched an initiative to personally congratulate the children of the town. According to the mayor, Secundino Fernández, it will be "a maximum tax on WhatsApp."

16:30 A RÚA LOOKS FOR ARTISTS IN VALDEORRAS

The confinement is discovering the anonymous artists who are hiding in different parts of the province. For this reason, the City Council of A Rúa launched the initiative "#ARTISTASDACASA", aimed at all of Valdeorras.

16:00 22 PEOPLE ARE IN THE ICU IN OURENSE

Of the active cases in the province, 831 people are under home monitoring, 188 admitted to the ward and 22 to the ICU.

15:35 CONGRESS REJECTS ALL AMENDMENTS TO THE EXTENSION OF THE STATE OF ALARM

This Thursday, the plenary session of Congress rejected all the proposed resolutions raised by the parliamentary groups as amendments to the royal decree-law extending the state of alarm for the coronavirus until April 26, the text of which will not be voted on until this afternoon .

15.30 THE CELTA SQUAD REDUCES THEIR SALARY

Celta de Vigo announced this Thursday that it has reached "a salary reduction agreement" with the members of the coaching staff and players from the first team and the subsidiary, which the entity chaired by Carlos Mouriño considers "necessary" after the dismissal of activity motivated by the declaration of the State of Alarm in Spain to stop the Covid-19.

15:15 CASTILLA Y LEÓN REJECTS THE DE-ESCALATION

Castilla y León categorically rejects starting a period of de-escalation in the confinement measures and considers that the moment to start talking about a situation of this type will be when various circumstances arise, among them, that at least a week passes without new cases occur.

14:48 UPDATE: FORTY NEW ACTIVE CASES IN OURENSE

Forty more active cases bring the number of patients controlled in Ourense to 1,041, which means growing again twice that of Galicia as a whole, where an increase of 91 positives was registered to reach 5,551.

The incidence in the health area continues to increase and also leaves two new deaths in the Valdeorras hospital, bringing the total number to 58.

14:37 CONTAGES RISE IN OURENSE

Forty more active cases bring the number of controlled patients in Ourense to 1,041, which means growing again twice as much as Galicia as a whole,

14:30 THE CEREMONIES OF HOLY THURSDAY, ON STREAMING

Holy Thursday from home. The confinement prevents attending churches to celebrate this day, but you can follow live the mass celebrated by the Bishop of Ourense, Leonardo Lemos. You can follow the liturgical acts through Telemiño or through our website.

14:10 SÁNCHEZ WILL REQUEST A NEW EXTENSION ON APRIL 26

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announces that he will request a new extension of the state of alarm on April 26. If I don't ask, it will be because we have such extraordinary news that I prefer not to say it," said the president.

14:00 WHAT ESTABLISHMENTS ARE OPEN THIS GOOD FRIDAY?

Here you can check which establishments maintain their commercial activity this Good Friday in Galicia.

13:40 SANCTIONED FOR SIMULATING AN EASTER PROCESSION

Agents of the National Police have processed the sanction of nine people who failed to comply in Mérida (Badajoz) with the measures to restrict movement decreed during the state of alarm for the coronavirus. These people had recorded a video on a street in the capital of Extremadura in which seven people dressed up simulated a procession, while two others recorded the scene. The recording was later shared on social media.

13:20 BIRTHDAYS WANTED IN ALLARIZ

The Allariz emergency services, which these days will once again join the applause of gratitude at 8:00 p.m., are looking for birthday boys who celebrate their anniversary this week. If someone wants to surprise and congratulate a local boy or girl in a special way, they can send a message to the telephone number 686 477 222.

13:13 DISINFECTION IN 12 RESIDENCES FOR THE SENIORS IN OURENSE

The Ournse Provincial Council, in collaboration with the fire stations, will carry out disinfection tasks in 12 residences in the regions of Verín, Valdeorras, A Limia and O Carballiño

13:06 THE VALEDORA DO POBO TRANSFERS 2 MILLION TO THE XUNTA

La Valedora do Pobo has sent a letter to the President of Parliament this Thursday, communicating its willingness to transfer an item to the Xunta in support of the emergency caused by Covid-19. The High Commissioner of the Chamber will transfer a contribution of 2 million euros to the Xunta as a support measure for the management of the health emergency derived from the pandemic caused by the coronavirus.

13:00 THE POTATO HARVEST, IN DANGER BY COVID-19

Potato producers in the A Limia region have sent an SOS to the central government and also to the Xunta de Galicia with the aim of containing the losses derived from the blockade in the market. Currently there is a surplus of 5,000 tons.

12:50 LIVE, THE COVID-19 TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Follow the press conference of the Coronavirus Technical Management Committee:

The deputy director of the Health Alerts and Emergencies Coordination Center (CCAES), María José Sierra, has assured that the current rate of growth and evolution of the new coronavirus is decreasing in "all" the autonomous communities. Sierra has reiterated that Spain is already in a "descending" trend of confirmed cases of coronavirus, since the increase this Thursday has been 4 percent.

84 people were arrested yesterday, 5.5% more than the previous day. Regarding sanctions, more than 5,600 minutes have been processed.

12:47 UPDATE: TWO DEATHS ON THE BOAT

An 89-year-old woman and an 84-year-old man have died at the Valdeorras Hospital, where they were admitted after testing positive for coronavirus. Both had previous pathologies.

12:38 FIVE NEW DEATHS RAISES TO 288 THE VICTIMS IN GALICIA

Galicia has five deaths in the last few hours due to the coronavirus. They are an 89-year-old woman and an 84-year-old man, both admitted to the Valdeorras Hospital; a 92-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman, admitted to the CHUVI; and an 82-year-old man, hospitalized at the CHUS. All five had previous pathologies,

12:20 THE CHUO PARKING, FREE FOR ALL USERS

The Santa María Nai parking lot will be free for CHUO users and professionals in the face of the coronavirus health crisis and will be operational from this Thursday, April 9, until May 3.

12:00 FLAURGY OF DISPUTES DURING THE QUARANTINE

The courts of Ourense, with more than 13,600 pending cases, will face a significant workload when the state of alarm is lifted, due to the incidence of the health crisis in the civil, social and contentious-administrative jurisdictions.

11:40 THE NUMBER OF DEATHS DROP IN SPAIN: 683 IN 24 HOURS

The number of deaths in Spain from the coronavirus has dropped after two days of rebound. In the last 24 hours, 683 deaths were recorded, amounting to more than 15,000 victims. The infections amount to 152,446 cases, while the cured reach 52,165 people.

11:30 PORTUGAL, OVERWHELMED BY THE DEMAND FOR COFFINS FOR SPAIN

The blow of the pandemic in Spain is overwhelming the Portuguese factories that export coffins to the neighboring country. Demand has doubled, companies are working piecemeal and are beginning to fear the lack of wood. María Chao runs a factory that sells coffins to Spain in the Portuguese city of Chaves (border with Galicia). It has had to increase shifts, organize work on holidays and expand its workforce, from 21 to 28 workers, to "multiply by six or eight the volume that we handled before."

11:17 THE BNG VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE EXTENSION

The BNG spokesman in Congress, Nestor Rego, appears in plenary session of Congress. The BNG will vote in favor of extending the state of alarm.

Rego pointed out that the management is not being adequate and criticized the actions of the president of the Xunta, ALberto Núñez Feijóo-

11:15 O SON DO CAMIÑO, POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER SUMMER

The O Son do Camiño festival, held on June 18, 19 and 20, has been postponed until after the summer due to the coronavirus health crisis.

11:00 THE TESTIMONY OF A PATIENT CURED OF CORONAVIRUS: "THERE WERE DIFFICULT TIMES"

The doctor and senator of the PP Carmen Leyte yesterday received with joy the negative result in coronavirus, which confirms that she has overcome the infection. You can read her full testimony here.

10:50 GOOD NEWS IN MADRID: MORE THAN 20,000 REGISTERS

The Community of Madrid has exceeded 20,000 discharges of patients who were infected with coronavirus and presents a reduction in the number of people admitted to hospitals

10:30 OURENSE, FACING THE CHALLENGE OF LOWERING THE HARDEST CURVE IN GALICIA

The spread of the virus skyrocketed in the first week of April, when in other areas the rise was already more contained.

10:20 ABASCAL REQUESTS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION

Vox leader Santiago Abascal will not vote in favor of extending the state of alarm until April 26. The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has again requested this Thursday the resignation of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Vice President of Social Rights, Pablo Iglesias, for being the political leaders who are managing the coronavirus crisis "worst" in the entire planet and has wanted to make it clear that its formation will not be an "accomplice" in this management and that it will not join any agreement with them to alleviate the consequences of the pandemic

10:10 UNCERTAINTY AMONG GALICIAN OPPONENTS

After the Xunta assured that it will decide in May whether to continue with the call or leave it "without effect until next year", doubts continue about the date of holding some oppositions whose participants have lived in recent weeks with nerves on the surface of the skin. "This uncertainty costs us a world," says Alberto del Río, a young teacher from Monterroso (Lugo) who works as an intern at a school on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela. For this reason, he asks that the Government be "somewhat clearer" regarding the holding of these oppositions.

10:00 SPEECH BY PABLO CASADO

The leader of the PP, Pablo Casado, has replied to the Prime Minister that his moral authority is "null" to ask for "unity and loyalty" from the opposition, despite the fact that the Popular Party will vote in favor of the second extension of the state of alarm because what guides him is the "ethics of responsibility".

Casado has called on Sánchez for "less willful speech and more humility" and for him to make self-criticism about his management of this crisis that is "the chronicle of an announced pandemic" and has demanded that he tell the truth, recalling the words of Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, saying that "the Spanish deserve a government that does not lie to them, that always tells them the truth." Especially "if the number of victims doubles" that of the official figures, he has urged the president, questioning the data provided by the Government of those who died from the coronavirus.

9:46 PACTS OF MONCLOA

Sánchez defends the need to establish a great agreement for the economic and social reconstruction of Spain in which political parties, regional presidents, companies and unions participate. Sánchez invites all the political forces to a meeting next week to start negotiating this pact. It will also invite the regional presidents and social agents.

9:38 COVID-19 OPENS A FOURTH CRISIS IN SPAIN: POLITICS

The President of the Government makes an appeal to remain united and asks the rest of the political parties for "unity and loyalty" in this situation. Sánchez highlights that the coronavirus crisis has unleashed a political crisis in Spain.

9:34 EUROPE CANNOT LOOK AWAY

Sánchez calls on the EU to mobilize its resources to face the pandemic and rebuild the countries affected by this crisis. "The reconstruction of Europe is as important as the unity of action here," said the Prime Minister, who points out the need for a new "Marshall Plan."

9:28 SÁNCHEZ DEFENDS THE MEASURES ADOPTED TO STOP THE PANDEMIC

Pedro Sánchez defends that all the measures adopted by the Government seek to overcome this health crisis as soon as possible, without leaving anyone behind.

9:26 FINANCING OF 20,000 MILLION FOR THE ICO

The President of the Government announces a second financing of the ICO of 20,000 million euros in order to guarantee liquidity to companies and the self-employed in the face of the emergency of the coronavirus crisis. Sánchez has assured that the Government's estimate is that more than 1.3 million self-employed workers and companies will benefit from this line of public guarantees, out of the maximum of 100,000 million that the Executive announced at the beginning. Likewise, he has said that another 130,000 companies and The self-employed will benefit from the extension of the ICO's debt limit, to increase all its financing lines, up to a total of 10,000 million euros.

9:23 OVER 1.5 MILLION FAKE NEWS

Sánchez has pointed out that since the start of the pandemic, 1.5 million profiles have been detected to spread hoaxes and "fake news". The President of the Government appealed to the "collective responsibility of this House".

9:20 TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF COVID-19

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has announced that the fatalities of COVID 19 will receive a state tribute once the acute phase of the pandemic has been overcome. The Prime Minister recalls the measures adopted by the Executive to deal with the pandemic, such as the mobilization of 200,000 million to help the most vulnerable families, as well as companies and the self-employed; the deferral of taxes or the implementation of teleworking.

9:00 THE CONGRESS PLENARY STARTS

Follow the plenary session of Congress live to debate and throw out the new extension of the state of alarm. The president of the Congress, Meritxell Batet, has invited the deputies to observe a minute of silence in memory of those who died from COVID-19. After breaking the silence with applause, the atypical session of the Congress of Deputies began, the third with the chamber practically empty, in which 307 of the 350 deputies will participate electronically in the vote on the second extension of the state of alarm requested by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.

8:30 THE CONGRESS VOTES TODAY THE EXTENSION OF THE STATE OF ALARM

The Congress of Deputies is holding a plenary session this Holy Thursday to debate and vote on the decree approved on Tuesday by the Government to once again extend the state of alarm in the country until April 26 in order to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The state of alarm, whose validity ended on April 11, is extended for two more weeks, until the 26th, with the aim of reinforcing the fight against the virus.

8:20 USE OF SURGICAL MASKS TO STOP THE PANDEMIC

Surgical masks may help prevent infected people from infecting others with seasonal viruses, including coronaviruses, according to new research that could help resolve this debate involving clinical and cultural norms regarding this means of delivery. protection. In laboratory experiments, the masks significantly reduced the amounts of several airborne viruses from infected patients, as measured using the breath-capturing 'Gesundheit II machine' developed by Dr. Don Milton, a professor in the School of Health Public University of Maryland and lead author of the study published in the journal `Nature Medicine`.

8:00 OURENSE REACHES A HUNDRED REGISTRATIONS

Ourense stabilizes the active cases of coronavirus that it has been dragging along for a long time, after the controlled patients barely increased by nine in the last two days to 1,001. The list of deceased also continues to grow, which reached 56 yesterday.

7:45 GALICIAN HEALTH CENTERS, OPEN ON EASTER WEEK HOLIDAYS

Primary Care health centers in Galicia will work this Holy Thursday, and some on Good Friday as well, after staff voluntarily present themselves to continue, above all, with the home monitoring of those infected with COVID-19 in the framework of the health crisis by the coronavirus.

In the health area of ​​Ourense, it is also planned that health centers will open "to continue the process of monitoring the patients at home that they have been doing in this emergency" due to COVID-19 from Primary Care, hospital sources have highlighted.

7:30 USA SURPASSES SPAIN IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS

The United States surpassed Spain this Wednesday as the country in the world with the second most deaths from COVID-19 with 14,817, just behind Italy, which has 17,669, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. The North American country reached 14,817 after adding almost 2,000 new deaths in the last 24 hours, while Spain recorded 14,792, 25 fewer.

23:30 A FOUR-MONTH-OLD BABY DIES WITH CORONAVIRUS

A four-day-old baby who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 died in the city of Natal, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte (northeast), official sources reported on Wednesday.

22:42 HE HAS TO GO BACK TO GERMANY TO WORK | The young Andrea Sánchez from Ourense who was confined in Ourense despite having her job in Germany, she will have to return to the German country to continue her work.

22:38 HOW DOES THE CHUO STERILIZATION SERVICE WORK?

22:33 CONFINEMENT IN LISBON | This young man from Ourense, Sixto González, explains how the state of emergency is being handled in Portugal.

22:30 AN OURENSANA IN HELSINKI | Inés Sánchez, a young woman from Ourense who is studying in Finland, tells us how her life has changed on a day-to-day basis.

22:20 REAL MADRID PLAYERS LOWER THEIR SALARY

The players and coaches of Real Madrid's first soccer and basketball squads have accepted a 10% reduction in their salary due to the absence of activity due to Covid-19, a reduction that could reach 20 % if the competitions were not finally resumed and the season had to be concluded.

22:08 ACTIVE CASES DECREASE IN ASTURIAS

The number of active cases of coronavirus in the Principality of Asturias has decreased this Wednesday to 1,287 people, a total of 22 less than yesterday, when it had already fallen by 30 active ones, so the number continues to drop in the community for the second consecutive day. In total, 340 cures accumulate, which means 46 people recovered in the last 24 hours.

21:47 GALICIA ALREADY HAS 288 DEATHS WITH CORONAVIRUS

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 288 people in Galicia, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes, including integrated ones. The latest deaths correspond to a 76-year-old man, another 74-year-old and a 60-year-old woman admitted to the CHUAC in A Coruña; a 59-year-old man and another 83-year-old, as well as three women aged 83, 90 and 86 at the CHUVI in Vigo, a 59-year-old man admitted to the Quirón de Pontevedra hospital and a 92-year-old man at the HULA in Lugo.

21:30 POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS IN CUALEDRO

The mayor of Cualedro, Luciano Rivero, has just confirmed the first positive for Covid in this municipality. It is, specifically, a neighbor of about 70 years.

20:30 THE OURENSAN TOILETS RETURN THE APPLAUSE TO THEIR NEIGHBORS

20:15 NEARLY 11,000 DEATHS IN FRANCE

The French health authorities have reported this Tuesday that there are already 10,869 deaths in the country due to the coronavirus, a figure that has been reached after another 541 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours.

20:00 NEW YORK SUMMITS 779 DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS

The state of New York announced this Wednesday a new daily record for deaths from COVID-19, with 779 deaths in the last 24 hours, but the authorities assured that the curve of the disease is already flattening thanks to the measures taken .

19:36 APPEARANCE OF SALVADOR ILLA AND NADIA CALVIÑO

"We are still in a tough stage. We have to bend the curve," says the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa. "The government wants to reach out and listen to the different political forces," he added. The "Epic" clinical trial for the prevention of contagion among health workers will be carried out in 62 hospital centers and with which they expect to have results in around four weeks. It has indicated that 150 units of invasive mechanical ventilation have arrived in the country this afternoon. "We are not in a position to say what will happen on April 26," says the Minister of Health. Decisions will be made based on the projections made by our experts. "Hopefully it will be April 26, but we don't know." Illa indicated.

"We continue to make contacts", says the third vice president of the Government Nadia Calviño about possible measures among all European countries to respond to the coronavirus crisis. "It is not acceptable that each country has to face this emergency alone," she said. 86 banking entities joined for State guarantees. Most of the applications made so far are from the self-employed and SMEs. For Calviño, "joint work" between different countries is "necessary." "This health emergency has forced the minimum vital income to be brought forward," says the vice president, who confirms that work is being done on it to start it up "as soon as possible."

The Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs, Nadia Calviño, pointed out this Wednesday that the State, through the ICO, has granted 2,747 million euros in guarantees for the self-employed, SMEs and companies since the launch last Monday of a line of up to 20,000 million euros.

19:30 HEALTH DEFENDS THAT RAPID TESTS ARE USED TO SCREEN POSITIVE CASES

The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, defended this Wednesday the validity of the so-called rapid tests that the Government sent to the Autonomous Communities since they allow "screening positive cases quickly and safely."

19:00 VALDEORRAS CINEMA FOR QUARANTINE

A group of filmmakers from Valdeorras have launched the "Versión Valdeorras" film cycle, an initiative that will screen films centered on the region through the internet "because culture is important and we know that it is supported by the public, managers and programmers We will come back stronger!"

18:43 MORE THAN 900 DEATHS IN 24 HOURS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

This Wednesday, the United Kingdom registered an increase of 938 deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals, up to a total of 7,097 deaths, which marks a new daily record of deaths for the second consecutive day.

18:30 SERGAS WILL ALLOW A FAMILY MEMBER TO SAY GOODBYE TO A PATIENT IN TERMINAL PHASE

The Galician Health Service (Sergas) will allow a family member or relative to visit a terminally ill patient who is on the ward or in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Galician hospitals. The measure seeks to "humanize a little, not everything that should be, but what is possible" the situations of patients who are in the final stages of their lives and who, due to the measures to avoid contagion in hospital centers, they cannot receive visitors.

18:11 AN 85-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS DISCHARGED IN VERÍN

An 85-year-old woman who was admitted for Covid-19 eleven days ago was discharged this Wednesday at the Verín Hospital. When she left the hospital, she received the tribute of the health personnel.

18:00 THE MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM THE CELANOVA RESIDENCE

The workers of the San Carlos de Celanova residence send a message of thanks, help and appreciation to all those who have supported or collaborated with them.

17:48 EUROPE RECOMMENDS THE USE OF MASKS IN CLOSED OR Crowded PLACES

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has endorsed the use of masks in public, both in people with symptoms who already know they are infected with Covid-19 and asymptomatic, mainly in closed and crowded spaces, such as shops, shopping centers or public transport.

17:30 DEPARTURE OF A PATIENT WITH CORONAVIRUS FROM THE ICU IN OURENSE

17:15 THE "DAY OF GALICIAN LETTERS", GOES TO OCTOBER

The Royal Galician Academy has decided to postpone the extraordinary plenary session that is traditionally held on May 17 until October, an unprecedented and unprecedented measure in the history of Galician Letters that this year is dedicated to the figure of Ricardo Carvalho Calero.

17:00 FIRST DISCHARGE FROM THE ICU IN CHUO

This Wednesday one of the patients admitted for coronavirus in the Ourense hospital complex left the ICU and was transferred to the ward after being extubated this Tuesday.

16:30 OURENSE CONTAINS ACTIVE CASES FOR THE SECOND DAY

Ourense contains active cases of coronavirus for the second consecutive day, which the Ministry of Health has raised to 1,001 (two more than the previous figure), a trend in line with what is happening in Galicia as a whole

15:15 EU FUNDS AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS

The European Union will secure funds worth 15.6 billion euros to help third countries on four continents to tackle the coronavirus crisis. A part will be used to increase health resources in the face of the virus, although a large part of the funds will be used to deal with the socioeconomic impact that the pandemic will have. As reported by the European Commission, most of these funds come from redirecting existing European programs to be used to alleviate the coronavirus crisis. And it also includes 5,000 million in loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) that will be made available to countries that need it. Thus, 502 million euros will be used for the urgent response to the virus, in the short term. Another 2,800 million will go to research and improvement of water and sanitation systems in partner countries and an amount of 12,280 million will be used to combat the socioeconomic consequences of the crisis.

15:00 RENFE ALREADY HAS THE MEDICALIZED TRAINS READY IN CASE THEY WERE NECESSARY

Renfe already has three trains ready to transfer patients affected by coronavirus between autonomous communities in the event that they are required to do so by the health authorities, according to the Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos. The trains already have the the approval of the Railway Safety Agency, which have "validated its suitability", and, in addition, health professionals and emergency services have carried out a transport simulation on one of these trains at the Atocha station.

14:40 BORIS JOHNSON EVOLVES CORRECTLY

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has spent his second night in the intensive care unit, where he remains "clinically stable" and "responding to treatment," a Downing Street spokesman said on Wednesday. Johnson, According to this spokesman, he remains "encouraged", although for now the Government has not given any indication that the 'premier' can leave the ICU of Saint Thomas Hospital in London in the short term, where he was admitted on Sunday after the persistence of the symptoms of the coronavirus.

14:15 POSTPONED THE PLENARY OF THE DAY DAS LETRAS GALEGAS

The Royal Galician Academy has decided to postpone the extraordinary plenary session that is held every year on May 17 until October, an unprecedented and unprecedented measure in the history of the institution, which this year dedicates Galician Letters to the figure of Ricardo Carvalho Calero. The consequences of the health crisis caused by COVID-19 have forced the academic institution to postpone both this extraordinary plenary session and all the events that were planned on the previous dates, which will remain until after the summer. The date chosen to celebrate the plenary session will be October 31, just the day after the commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the birth of the intellectual from Ferrol.

13:45 PRESS CONFERENCE BY NÚÑEZ FEIJÓO

The president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has announced that Galicia will reactivate 500 public works starting next Monday the 13th, valued at 300 million euros and that affect 5,300 jobs. In a telematic press conference at At the end of the weekly meeting of the regional Executive, once again blended, Núñez Feijóo encouraged this Wednesday to "not lower our guard" in the fight against the coronavirus despite entering a "context of relative hope" due to the "tendency to the discharge" of hospitalized and ICU patients. In addition to the reactivation of public works, Núñez Feijóo has announced savings of one hundred million euros in current spending that will be made available for socio-sanitary measures against the virus. As reported, the From now on, Xunta will allow "a relative" to say goodbye to patients about to die both on the hospital floor and in the ICU, since until now they could not do so.

It has also confirmed that Galicia is one of the Autonomous Regions with the lowest mortality rate and that 58,000 tests have been received for the initial contagion test. Along the same lines, Feijóo confirmed the payment of sanitary material for 10.5 million euros

13:40 MORE THAN 3,000 SENIOR RESIDENCES DISINFECTED BY THE MILITARY

The Armed Forces have already proceeded to disinfect almost 3,000 residences for the elderly since `Operation Balmis` to fight the coronavirus was launched in mid-March. Disinfection of residences is one of the tasks plants that the military undertakes in its mission to fight Covid-19. This Wednesday there are a total of 7,316 soldiers on different missions in 239 Spanish locations.

13:25 A WUHAN PNEUMOLOGIST: "WHY DID YOU NOT LEARN YOUR LESSON?

Doctor Hu Ke has been treating critically ill COVID-19 patients for more than two months and strongly criticizes the work done in Europe

13:14 "WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE PEAK OF THE CURVE"

The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has acknowledged that this Wednesday there has been a 5 percent increase in the rate of deaths from coronavirus, 757 more deaths in 24 hours, but he has insisted there is a "flattening" and " stabilization" of the incidence curve.

​13:08 THREE DEATHS IN OURENSE

Three people have died in the province in the last few hours due to the coronavirus. They are a 91-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man admitted to the CHUO in Ourense; and an 80-year-old woman admitted to the Hospital de Valdeorras.

13:00 SIX DEATHS, THREE OF THEM IN OURENSE, BRINGS TO 271 THE VICTIMS IN GALICIA

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of six other people, so the coronavirus has resulted in a balance, to date, of 271 fatalities in the Community, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes. greater.

12:58 MORE THAN 15,000 OURENSANS ARE AFFECTED BY AN ERTE

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In Galicia, the number of workers affected by ERTE requests is 205,396, according to the latest data provided by the Xunta. In Ourense the number of people affected is 15,313.

12:50 GALICIA MAINTAINS THE DATE OF THE EDUCATION OPPOSITIONS

The Ministry of Education has announced that Galicia maintains the date set for the Education opposition scheduled for the month of June.

12:45 CENLLE DISINFECTS ITS URBAN CENTER

The City Council of Cenlle continues with the disinfection work. He has just received material from the Xunta such as suits, masks, gloves and disinfection products.

12:40 COVID-19 TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Follow the press conference of the Coronavirus Technical Management Commission live.

Dr. María José Sierra highlights the number of cured patients, 48,021, the highest increase since the start of the crisis.

​12:34 THE RAPID TEST WILL COMPLEMENT THE PCR

The Minister of Health points out that the rapid tests are a complement to the PCR and will be directed at the elderly.

12:15 6 MILLION MASKS ARRIVE IN SPAIN

The sixth shipment of material managed by the sanitary air corridor, an initiative of Grupo Oesía, Fenin and Iberia, arrived this Wednesday at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport with some six million more masks, as well as flowmeters for medical oxygen and components to make respirators. With this new shipment, the initiative has managed to bring 15 million masks and various medical devices necessary to combat the coronavirus to Spain. The sanitary air corridor will continue to carry out new operations between China and Spain during Holy Week to add more efforts to the supply of sanitary products.

12:04 THE MINISTER OF HEALTH APPEARS TO REPORT THE LATEST MEASURES

Follow live the appearance of the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, before the Health Commission to update the measures applied to stop the COVID-19 pandemic.

Illa begins her appearance by highlighting the work of the toilets. The head of Health has also denounced the increase in hoaxes circulating on social networks about COVID-19.

At the international level, a total of 1.2 million cases of coronavirus have been confirmed, with the US being the country most infected globally.

In Spain we have 146,690 cases, more than 6,000 compared to yesterday. Madrid is the community with the most cases, followed by Catalonia and Castilla la Mancha. 14,555 people have died from the virus, 757 in the last few hours, which means an increase of 5%. Those cured amount to 48,021, 12% more than yesterday.

Illa points out that the data confirms the stabilization of the curve: "We have reached the goal of reaching the peak of the curve."

The minister explains the measures adopted to limit the mobility of citizens, reducing journeys. "We have been in force for a week and we see that they are having a direct effect on reducing the virus." "The objective of the extension of measures is clear: to accelerate the process of slowing down contagion to save lives and help our health system to care for the most serious patients," he pointed out.

"We have consolidated the slowdown of the virus." The minister stressed that these measures have managed to slow down the effect of the virus, but it is necessary to reduce it even more, for which reason the President of the Government will request the extension of the state of alarm for another 15 days.

The Ministry of Health has distributed more than 38 million masks to the Autonomous Communities since the beginning of March. The Ministries of Health and Industry have worked together to strengthen the national production of sanitary materials.

11:58 THE BURNING LUCUS, IN THE AIR

The `Arde Lucus` festival in Lugo could be canceled in the near future if the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic does not improve. This year's edition is scheduled for the last weekend of June, on the 26th, 27th and 28th, but the health crisis leaves it up in the air. In statements to Europa Press, the mayoress of Lugo, Lara Méndez, He has affirmed that, given the festival of tourist interest, "safety will prevail" when deciding whether to celebrate it or not. "We are still two and a half months away and we have to wait", he stated, before adding that "saying no to this type of party has to be a very thoughtful decision".

11:45 UPDATE DATA IN SPAIN

Coronavirus cases in Spain rise to 146,690, which is 6,180 more than this Tuesday, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Health. The number of deaths has also increased compared to the last few days, since in the data given yesterday 743 deaths and 5,478 new confirmed infections were registered.

11:34 DEATHS RISE IN SPAIN: 757 IN 24 HOURS

The number of deaths from the coronavirus rises again, registering 757 deaths in one day, 14 more than yesterday and amounting to 14,555 deaths. The total number of cases amounts to 146,690 while more than 48,000 patients have already been cured.

11:30 A STUDY INDICATES THAT SPAIN HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED INCIDENCE PEAK

A study carried out by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) of the Washington University School of Medicine (United States) has estimated that Spain, like Italy, has already exceeded the peak of the incidence of the coronavirus and that by August 4 there will have been 19,209 deaths from Covid-19. Likewise, according to his calculations, in the "first wave" of the new coronavirus, 151,680 people will die throughout Europe, compared to the 81,766 that will do so in the United States. However, in the case of the US, the director of the IHME, Christopher Murray, has acknowledged that the real number of deaths may exceed his estimates. Specifically, in the case of Europe, US experts believe that the maximum peak of mortality daily will occur during the third week of April, although it warns that the total number of victims will worsen because the demand for hospital resources is "far above" what they can bear.

11:15 THE SCHOOL COUNCIL RECOMMENDS NOT EXTENDING SCHOOL ACTIVITY TO JULY

Transfer extraordinary evaluations or recoveries to September, not prolong classes or exams in July and if face-to-face classes could be resumed before June, reduce curricula, are some of the recommendations of the State School Council (CEE) before the situation created after the suspension of classes due to the coronavirus.

In general, it suggests that the extraordinary tests for all the courses, in case they are considered essential in the different educational stages, be carried out in September, in order to make the most of the time of teaching activity in the month June, whether remote or face-to-face.

11:00 "THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MASK"

"There are moments of the day when I am tempted to record a video and tell everything that has happened with the masks, but I am afraid. I am afraid of the government's reaction, afraid that the masses will point out that you are a speculator or a fascist." Xabi R.Blanco collects the testimony of an intermediary who sold sanitary material. You can read the rest of the story here.

10:50 CELANOVA SEEKS NURSES

The San Carlos residence is looking for nurses and geriatricians to adequately care for the users of the center.

10:40 ASSAULT YOUR PARTNER AS YOU LEAVE THE PHARMACY

The Local Police of Granada have arrested a 24-year-old man for the alleged commission of a crime of gender violence, after his partner was caught wandering around the center of the city of the Alhambra when he was going to ask for help to a pharmacy, "since moments before she had been physically and verbally assaulted by her partner."

10:30 NETHERLANDS REJECTS EUROBONDS

The Dutch Finance Minister, Wopke Hoekstra, has warned that his government will continue to reject the issuance of common European debt in response to the crisis caused by the coronavirus because it is an "unwise" and "unreasonable" measure ", while insisting that loans from the European bailout fund must be linked to the subsequent adoption of structural reforms.

"In addition to being reckless, it is also not reasonable", he argued, to later explain that with this tool "The Netherlands should guarantee the debts that others contract" and ensure that a majority of countries share this position.

10:23 OFFICE WITH PSYCHOLOGIST CARLOTA SERRAPIO

Fear, anxiety, grief management... If you have trouble coping with confinement, the psychologist Carlota Serrapio will help you. Today, at 5:00 p.m. through the La Región website, she will start her office to answer questions from readers.

Remember that you can send all your questions by email [email protected] or WhatsApp on the phone 638 861 981.

10:15 MONTERO INDICATES THAT FROM THE 26TH YOU CAN RETURN TO THE STREETS

The Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, has assured this Wednesday that citizens will be able to recover "their normal life" as of next April 26, although the return to "occupation of streets and squares" will take place " with clear instructions" that the Executive itself will transmit. Montero explained that it will be then, at the end of this month, when citizens will be able to gradually carry out their day-to-day activities, although it is still not clear under what conditions. "It will be done with different scenarios that we do not anticipate because we want the technicians to decide," she pointed out.

10:00 REPORT: "TRAPPED IN VERÍN BY QUARANTINE"

"Silvana, daughter and granddaughter of fairgrounds from Benavente, is confined with her family to a farm in Verín. Happy and oblivious to the crisis in the labor sector around her, the little girl received a big surprise for her birthday." Here you can read the complete story of little Silvana.

9:50 GERMANY EXCEEDS 100,000 CONTAGES

The number of infections with the coronavirus rose in the last 24 hours in Germany by 4,003 to 103,228 while the number of deaths reached 1,861 with 254 more in a single day, reported the German health authorities.

9:40 PLANAS GUARANTEES THAT SPAIN DOES NOT INTEND TO FOLD

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, guaranteed this Wednesday that the Government of Spain does not intend to "fold" in its "very firm" position at the meeting of the Eurozone Economy and Finance Ministers ( Eurogroup) to address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and has hoped that it will end with a "positive agreement, even if it takes a long time and is after many meetings and discussions." Planas has spoken in this way, in an interview on Canal Sur Radio collected by Europa Press, after the meeting of Eurogroup ministers ended without an agreement after 16 hours of negotiation and it was decided to repeat the meeting this Thursday in a new attempt to unblock a package of economic measures to alleviate the impact of the covid-19 pandemic.

9:25 THE CORONAVIRUS AFFECTS 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE

The global balance of the coronavirus pandemic has exceeded 1.4 million infections and 82,000 deaths. Although it has already spread to 184 countries, a few continue to concentrate most of the volume of cases, with the United States reaching levels never seen since the start of the outbreak after registering 1,939 deaths in a single day on Tuesday. The United States is around 400,000 infections and the number of deaths is around 13,000. Of the latter, about a third correspond to the state of New York, although more than 4,000 fatalities have been registered in the city of the same name alone, according to the count of Johns Hopkins University. The United States is close to death rates of the two countries most affected by the coronavirus to date: Italy and Spain. In the number of cases, Spain is immediately behind the United States - some 142,000 positives and more than 14,000 deaths - but in terms of deaths, Italy is the most affected country - 135,000 patients and more than 17,000 victims -.

9:20 WUHAN LIFTS LOCKDOWN AFTER ELEVEN WEEKS

Thousands of people left for Wuhan on Wednesday after the lifting of quarantine measures that have kept the city, the birthplace of the pandemic, sealed for almost eleven weeks.

9:15 THE IBEX 35 FALLS 1.25%

The Ibex 35 began the session this Wednesday with a fall of 1.25%, which has led the selective to stand at 6,914.60 integers at 9:01 a.m., after the meeting of Economy Ministers and Finance of the Eurozone (Eurogroup) has ended without agreement after sixteen hours of negotiation. The Ibex 35 started the day in red and lost the psychological level of 7,000 integers, after gaining 2.3% yesterday in a context in which the spread of the coronavirus may have started the path of stabilization in Europe.

9:00 THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

The president of the Galician Council of Economists, Miguel Ángel Vázquez Taín, participated in the La region Forum to respond to the concerns of the people of Ourense about the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 and erected unity or public muscle as keys . If you missed the presentation, you can watch it again here:

8:40 "THE HAIRDRESSER, A FRIEND"

After having to lower their blinds due to the coronavirus, hairdressers seek to come out on top with ideas such as sending the dye home, advice for clients or joining solidarity

8:20 THE EU FAILS TO REACH A COMMON AGREEMENT BEFORE COVID-19

The ministers of Economy and Finance of the European Union were unable to reach an agreement on new measures to alleviate the economic impact of the coronavirus after more than sixteen hours of negotiation, so they will resume negotiations tomorrow to reach a consensus.

This was announced by the president of the Eurogroup, Mário Centeno, in a message that he shared on the social network Twitter. "After 16 hours of discussions we have come close to an agreement but we have not reached it. I suspend the Eurogroup and we will continue tomorrow, Thursday," he wrote.

The meeting will resume on Thursday, the exact day that the heads of state and government have given their ministers to find a common fiscal response to the effects of the pandemic on European economies.

8:00 THE POSITIVES SLOW DOWN IN OURENSE

Active cases slow down in Ourense while management warns that the peak of hospitalizations and ICUs has not yet arrived: "We are probably a few days away from reaching it in hospitalization, in the ICU it will take a little longer."

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7:45 ABORTION RESTRICTION

A United States federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of Texas to allow an executive order restricting access to abortion during the coronavirus pandemic to remain in effect.

7:30 EDUCATION STUDY WITH THE REGIONS THE END OF THE COURSE

The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training today brings together the autonomous communities in the General Education Commission to jointly prepare the closure of the school year and the evaluation options for students if the confinement measures are prolonged to contain the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus

22:45 133 DEATHS TODAY IN CATALONIA

Catalonia has reached 3,041 coronavirus deaths this Tuesday (133 more than those registered the day before) and in the last few hours it has confirmed 1,324 new cases.

22:15 WHICH SUPERMARKETS ARE OPEN IN OURENSE AT EASTER WEEK?

On Friday these establishments will remain closed in Ourense and the rest of Galicia for staff rest, although some companies have decided to close their doors also next Thursday.

21:53 CONTROL SESSION IN THE CONGRESS

Congress will hold a government control session on April 15, as agreed by the Board of Spokespersons at its meeting today, parliamentary sources have informed Efe. At the meeting the PP and Vox, but also other groups such as EH Bildu, have advocated restoring parliamentary control to the Government, beyond the sessions with the appearance of the president, Pedro Sánchez, which are taking place.

21:20 SEVEN DEATHS IN THE LAST HOURS IN GALICIA

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of seven other people, which is why the coronavirus has resulted in a balance, to date, of 265 fatalities in the Community, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes. greater.

21:15 RACHEL BLOWN OUT THE CANDLES IN XINZO: 102 YEARS

The assistants made her a "birthday girl" crown and the rest of the residents made a hallway for her anniversary.

20:55 FOLLOW THE FORUM THE REGION | Vázquez Taín answers questions from readers.

20:25 JOHNSON "STABLE", WORST DAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains "stable" in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as deaths from COVID-19 in UK hospitals rose by 786 today, to 6,159, the highest daily increase ever .

20:20 TRAGIC DAY IN NEW YORK

A total of 731 people died in the last 24 hours from COVID-19 in New York, the highest daily number recorded in this state since the start of the crisis, but the rate of new hospitalizations and intensive care admissions continues decreasing, which makes the authorities think that the outbreak may be stabilizing.

19:55 FRANCE HAS MORE THAN 10,000 DEATHS

France surpassed 10,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday with a total of 10,328 deaths since March 1, 1,427 more than on Monday, said the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon. Of these, 7,091 occurred in hospitals, 597 only in the last 24 hours, and another 3,237 in nursing homes and dependency centers.

19:45 ARRESTED FOR STEALING TWICE DURING THE STATE OF ALARM

Agents of the National Police have arrested a man with a record as the alleged perpetrator of two robberies with force perpetrated in the same bar over the course of eight days in Ourense. As reported by the National Police, the first robbery happened on March 27 when the glass of the main door of the entertainment venue was found fractured and inside everything was scrambled.

19:20 APPEARANCE IN MONCLOA

The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, announces that a "very important" study is going to be carried out to see the state of spread of the virus in Spanish society. He recalls that all those people who have died and had tested positive for Covid-19 count as deaths from coronavirus. He defends that they are making one of the most rigorous calculations in the world. He also announces two new clinical investigations to find a treatment against the virus. They indicate that an order is being studied or if it is necessary to regulate good health advertising practices. Illa recalls that the Government is studying different options for exiting the confinement, but asks the population not to relax because there is still a "minimum fifteen days of demand". "We cannot think that it is a time to relax," says Illa.

The Minister of Culture and Sports, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, appreciates the work carried out by different personalities and cultural entities for their help in making confinement more enjoyable for citizens. He also thanks the athletes for setting an example so that the rest of the citizenry stays at home. "The time will come when we will have to promote culture and sport," says the minister, but stresses that "health comes first." Asked about the music festivals scheduled in the coming months, the Minister of Culture points out that it is being studied but it will depend on the criteria of the experts.

19:15 WUHAN LIFTS MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic originated in December, lifted travel restrictions on Tuesday, after almost three months of prohibition to prevent the spread of Covid-19. According to local authorities, dozens of people are preparing to use their cars or the rail service to leave the city this week.

19:05 BEWARE OF THESE SCAMS THROUGH MOBILE

While entire countries come to a standstill, the economy freezes and credit cards stay in wallets, there is one type of professional who is trying to cash in on the coronavirus crisis and just needs to get to your phone: cyber scammers.

19:00 THE RAPID TESTS SENT BY HEALTH ARE NOT WORTH

The 57,760 rapid tests sent by the Ministry of Health "are not useful from a clinical point of view", because they do not allow us to distinguish whether it is an acute phase, and therefore whether there may be contagion, or whether it is already It is in a healing phase, pointed out José M. Vázquez Lima, from the crisis committee.

18:38 THE THIRD HEALTHY GALICIAN BABY OF AN INFECTED MOTHER IS BORN IN VIGO

The Álvaro Cunqueiro hospital in Vigo has been the scene of the third birth of a healthy Galician baby, whose mother is infected with coronavirus: it is a girl, born by caesarean section at week 34 of gestation, and who is free of COVID -19.

18:28 MEETING TO DECIDE THE END OF THE YEAR

The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training will meet this Wednesday, April 8, with the autonomous communities in the General Education Commission to jointly prepare the closure of the school year and the evaluation options for students if the confinement measures are extended to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

18:20 ITALY HAS 604 DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS

The number of deaths in Italy with coronavirus today stands at 17,127, registering 604 more in the last 24 hours, a lower figure than the day before, while infections and the number of people hospitalized are reduced.

The total cases since the virus was detected on February 20 are 135,586, 3,039 more than on Monday and which indicates that the trend of a slight decrease in the spread of the virus continues.

17:50 10,000 CLOTHES FOR THE XINZO HEALTHCARE STAFF

The City Council of Xinzo de Limia announced the acquisition of nearly 10,000 protective garments for the use of Social Service personnel, specifically for home help service workers and to donate to all the health personnel of the health center of the village and the PAC Emergency Service.

17:30 The Civil Guard of O Carballiño collaborates with Cáritas to deliver food to people with few resources.

17:20 SURPRISED GOING FOR TOBACCO AT EARLY MORNING IN XINZO

Civil Guard agents intercepted two young people in a car last morning who alleged that they were going to buy tobacco at a gas station near Xinzo de Limia despite the confinement decreed within the framework of the state of alarm. The troops verified that the woman who was traveling as a companion had two search warrants from two courts in Madrid.

17:00 LETTER TO THE SENIORS OF CELANOVA

The City Council of Celanova has just published a letter of thanks to all the elderly people in the municipality, for their understanding and good behavior during confinement.

16:40 CARBALLIÑO ASKS THE NEIGHBORS NOT TO THROW THEIR PROTECTIVE GLOVES AWAY

The Carballiño Local Police appeals to the public to dispose of their protective gloves properly. Also to denounce whoever does not. The reason is that it was necessary to resort to a special cleaning brigade to collect the gloves that were in a lot near a supermarket. Remember that these establishments have bins for that purpose.

16:10 THE ALARM STATE WILL NOT PREVENT REPEATING THE COURSE

The permanent commission of the State School Council has rejected the proposal to suppress repetitions this course as an "exceptional" measure due to the suspension of face-to-face classes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

16:00 THE PANDEMIC, IN SIX GRAPHICS

Through the following graphs you can see how COVID-19 has evolved in Spain.

The mayor of Vigo Abel Caballero conveyed to the municipal comptroller that he is giving up half of his salary so that it remains in the coffers of the City Council in the fight against the coronavirus.

15:30 SEAT MANUFACTURES 100 RESPIRATORS A DAY

Seat is already manufacturing 100 respirators a day and expects to reach 300 units by the end of the week, as explained by David García, the head of the respirator project at the automobile firm.

15:20 THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN THE GALICIAN UCIS DROP

Patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU in Galician hospitals have decreased this Tuesday compared to the previous day and stand at 162, which is six less. In the Ourense, Verín and O Barco area, 22 patients remain in the ICU, all of them with a "serious prognosis".

15:10 GÓMEZ REINO, FATHER OF A GIRL HE CANNOT KNOW

The candidate for the Xunta de Galicia in Común-Anova-Mareas, the leader of Podemos in the Antón Gómez-Reino Community, has been the father of a girl named Maitén, who is his second daughter and whom he will have to wait for be able to know The little girl was born in Argentina and the Galician politician, due to the restrictions due to the Covid-19 health crisis, has not been able to be there with them.

15:05 THE STATE SCHOOL COUNCIL WILL NOT SUPPRESS YEAR REPEATS

The permanent commission of the State School Council has rejected the proposal to suppress repetitions this course as an "exceptional" measure due to the suspension of face-to-face classes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The body has also rejected the CSIF union's proposal for university entrance exams to have a single date in Spain as a whole.

15:00 UP TO 85,000 WORKERS FOR THE FIELD

The Government will make hiring in the countryside more flexible due to the lack of labor due to the coronavirus crisis and will allow the hiring of the unemployed, who will continue to receive unemployment benefits, and groups of immigrants. The royal decree will be in force until June 30 and will allow hiring between 75,000 and 85,000 workers

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14:50 "A GREAT COUNTRY AGREEMENT" TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS

The Government has made an appeal this Tuesday to political parties, unions and businessmen to reach "a great country agreement" with which to face the coronavirus crisis once the pandemic has been controlled at the health level."We want open a horizon of collaboration" with all the possible actors, "a kind of social agreement" that allows us to face the challenges that will arise in the medium term, said the minister spokesperson, María Jesús Montero, at a press conference after the Council of Ministers that has approved the extension, for the second time, of the state of alarm.

Montero recalled that, as the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said, this great agreement is necessary, "call them the new Moncloa Pacts or whatever", to define how "the Spain we want" is going to be built ".

14:45 THE VICTIM SERVICE OFFICE, OPERATIVE DURING THE STATE OF ALARM

The TSXG recalls that the Victim and Citizen Assistance Offices of the seven Galician cities are operational. The services provided by these units are considered fundamental within the Administration of Justice, which is why they function normally to guarantee care for citizens, especially victims of sexist violence.

To access the service, it can be done by phone: 988 68 71 86 / 988 68 71 87, or by email: [email protected]

14:31 LUIS PLANAS, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, APPEARS

Follow the press conference live to announce the measures approved by the Council of Ministers.

The decree law approved this Tuesday aims to respond to the needs of the agricultural sector in the current crisis. The decree will make hiring in the field more flexible due to the lack of labor due to the crisis and will allow the hiring of the unemployed, who will continue to receive unemployment benefits, and groups of immigrants.

Hired workers must be from the same municipality to avoid massive displacements.

The food consumption of the previous week has increased by 16% compared to the previous year.

14:15 OURENSE REACHES THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZED

The province of Ourense once again lowers the rate of positive cases and has 999 active cases, although hospital pressure is increasing with the highest number of hospitalized since the start of the pandemic, reaching 217 admitted, 16 more than in the previous day.

14:13 PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Follow the press conference live to announce the measures approved by the Council of Ministers. The government spokesperson, María Jesús Montero, announced that the Council of Ministers has agreed to request in Congress the extension of the state of alarm until April 25.

Montero, has assured that Spain is in the "good direction" in controlling the coronavirus pandemic, although he has highlighted the need to "limit more" the virus. The Government spokesperson recalled that a few weeks ago Spain went through "very difficult" times, for which reason society was asked to make an "enormous sacrifice" because "its security was at stake", although and with data obtained in recent days it has been observed that it is going "in the right direction".

14:00 THE RESIDENCE OF CHANDREXA DE QUEIXA REMAINS STABLE

The Chandrexa nursing home remains stable, without detecting new positives after the case registered last Saturday.

13:50 GOOD NEWS IN CHINA: FIRST DAY WITHOUT DEATHS

The Chinese Ministry of Health announced this Tuesday that there have been no deaths from Covid-19 in any of the country's 31 provinces, nor have there been any cases of local transmission.

13:40 WHAT FOODS HAVE MULTIPLIED THEIR PRICE?

Food prices have multiplied by up to eight times from the field to the table in March in a context marked by the coronavirus crisis, according to data from the Food Origin and Destination Price Index (IPOD) ) that is prepared monthly by the agricultural organization COAG. Here you can check the products that have increased their price.

13:20 WHO WILL BE PERFORMED THE RAPID TESTS?

The rapid tests that the Government has acquired in recent days will only be carried out on symptomatic, moderate or severe patients who are hospitalized, and on mild patients who are in nursing homes or social health centers, as established in the `Guide for the use of rapid antibody tests for Covid-19`, published this Tuesday by the Ministry of Health.

13:00 THE GERIATRIC HOMES OF OURENSE REGISTER 366 CASES AND ONE NEW DEATH

The registration of 40 new positives in residences for the elderly, one more death and a new outbreak in the Galisenior residence, bring the number of cases of coronavirus registered in nursing homes in Ourense to 366.

12:40 FATALITIES INCREASE TO 258 IN GALICIA

The number of deaths in Galicia due to the coronavirus amounts to 258

12:30 HALF A HUNDRED DEATHS IN GALICIAN RESIDENCES

The deaths with coronavirus in residences for the elderly in Galicia have reached fifty, after a total of eight new deaths were registered this Monday inside these centers.

Specifically, according to data from the Department of Social Policy updated at 9:00 p.m. on Monday, the DomusVi San Lázaro center, in Santiago de Compostela, added five new victims. In addition, two other users have died in the DomusVi Aldán residence, in Cangas (Pontevedra); and one in Nuestra Señora de La Esperanza de Ourense.

12:25 HEALTH DETECTS A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE COVID-19 CURVE

The deputy director of the Health Alerts and Emergencies Coordination Center (CCAES), María José Sierra, has highlighted that the coronavirus curve registered a new positive change in trend on April 2, according to data reviewed by experts of the Ministry of Health.

Sierra has highlighted that since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic in Spain there have been two major favorable modifications, one on March 25 and another last Thursday. That day 8,102 cases were reported, 7,472 on April 3, 7,026 the following day, 6,023 this Sunday, 4,273 on Monday and 5,478 this Tuesday. "When they are complemented with the date of symptom onset information, we could make a more precise assessment of these changes," he pointed out.

12:20 DO YOU KNOW THE SIX SECOND RULE? According to researchers Joshua D. Rabinowitz and Caroline R. Bartman, from Princeton University, it is the key to avoiding catching coronavirus.

12:01 | Follow the press conference of the technical and health managers live after the COVID-19 Technical Management Committee.

11:56 MAXIMUM TWO HOURS TO REPORT DEATHS | All public and private health and social health centers in Galicia, including nursing homes, will be obliged to report "urgently" and "within a maximum period of two hours" of deaths that occur related to COVID-19 and "regardless of its immediate cause."

11:33 | DATA UPDATE IN SPAIN: 743 DEATHS IN 24 HOURS

In the last 24 hours, Spain has registered 743 deaths with coronavirus, which represents a rebound after days of declines. However, the data must be taken with caution, since an underreporting on weekends has been observed throughout this crisis.

The total number of deaths rises to 13,798, more than 140,000 infections and 43,000 cured, as reported by the Ministry of Health.

11:15 | The security forces surprise a girl in Verín on her birthday

On Sunday, when the little girl turned four, the Civil Protection and Civil Guard officers from the town came there to congratulate her, sing her "Happy Birthday" and give her some small gifts. A nice way to liven up this special day for little Silvana.

10:50 MASKS AS THANKS

The family of Denise Pikka Thiem, the American pilgrim who was murdered in 2015 while on the Camino de Santiago, wanted to thank Spain for the treatment she received during the investigation of the crime and the work of the Police, and has donated 1,100 masks to our country.

10:30 | José Paz writes: "In the Saínza hardware store, the blind is half down, and the door is closed. "Only professionals and wholesalers are served," he says. Someone who is neither one nor the other, knocks on the glass. The trade He opens as if it were a clandestine business, these days everything seems suspicious. Masks? ¨Ugh, two months ago”. I don't even ask him if he has them, but when was the last time he saw them"

10:23 | The instructions given by the Ministry of Health to the autonomous communities to carry out the statistics related to the expansion of the coronavirus in their territories only require computing in the case of the deceased those who have the confirmation of being infected by COVID-19, and not the suspected cases.

9:41 FIXING THE PRICE OF MASKS IS "ON THE TABLE" | The Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, has assured that the Government "has on the table" the proposal to set the price of gloves, disinfectant gels and masks, which are being studied by technicians from the Ministry of Health and trusts that it will be approved "as soon as possible" to guarantee access to these products.

Garzón has also assured that there is a very broad consensus on the need to approve a vital minimum income as soon as possible by the Executive, in which there are "different opinions as in any social group", but that when it approves the measures " act with one voice."

8:54 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS | The Government will foreseeably approve this Tuesday in the Council of Ministers a royal decree that will incorporate the unemployed and immigrants to alleviate the lack of labor in the countryside in a context marked by the crisis generated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to confirmed to Europa Press government sources.

8:26 | GLOBAL DATA UPDATE

Some 75,000 people have lost their lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the disease derived from the new coronavirus originating in China and which has already affected 184 countries and territories, leaving more than 1.3 million cases worldwide. the world.

The United States accumulates more than 368,000 of these infections and some 11,000 deaths, of which around a third correspond to the state of New York. Only in the city of the same name, which is governed by a confinement order, some 3,500 fatalities have been registered.

Italy continues to lead the list of Johns Hopkins University in terms of the number of deaths with more than 16,500, although in number of cases it has been surpassed by Spain, which has already reached 136,000, compared to more than 132,000 for the transalpine country. In Spain, the number of victims of Covid-19 exceeds 13,300.

8:20 | Sanitary workers and victims of sexist violence will be able to request "more immediate" help from today via 'Alertcops'. It is a free mobile application that acts as a two-way channel between the citizen and the police forces. It is a "discreet, modern, efficient and complementary channel to ordinary channels", as stated by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the minister at a press conference.

7:59 EDUCATION | The State School Council, the largest advisory body in education, votes this Tuesday on a text that proposes to suspend face-to-face classes

6:54 CHINA | The country does not register deaths or new cases of locally transmitted coronavirus in its latest balance. The Chinese Ministry of Health announced this Tuesday that there have been no deaths from Covid-19 in any of the country's 31 provinces, nor have there been any cases of local transmission.

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23:15 MORE THAN 73,000 DEATHS WORLDWIDE

The coronavirus pandemic, which is already spreading through 183 countries, has left more than 73,000 deaths globally so far, while the number of infections is close to 1.3 million, after surpassing Thursday last week the million threshold.

22:25 TWO OURENSANS, CAUGHT MOVING TO POIO

The Local Police of Poio (Pontevedra) has denounced a couple from Ourense who were intercepted on the way to their second residence, located in this municipality of Pontevedra, and who confirmed that they were coming "on vacation" for Easter.

22:00 SUPPORT FOR USERS AND WORKERS OF THE RESIDENCE FOR THE ELDERLY IN MUIÑOS

21:50 NEW YORK PLANTS "TEMPORARY BURIALS" IN PARKS

New York City, a hot spot for the coronavirus epicenter in the United States, is considering making "temporary burials" by digging ditches in parks in the face of the growing number of deaths from COVID-19, which threatens to overwhelm established morgues so much as well as emergency mobile phones, according to their authorities alerted this Monday.

21:20 BORIS JOHNSON'S STATE WORSENESS

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been transferred to intensive care unit as his health worsened, a Downing Street spokesman said today.

21:15 FIVE DEATHS IN GALICIA

Galicia adds five new deaths in the last hours with coronavirus, two of them in the province. The death of a 72-year-old man and a 77-year-old woman was registered this afternoon at the CHUo. A woman and a man who were hospitalized in Santiago de Compostela, and a woman in A Coruña also died.

20:30 THREE ARRESTED IN OURENSE SINCE MARCH 30

Since March 30, the agents of the Ourense Local Police have made 172 sanction proposals and three people have been arrested for breaking the rules.

20:20OVER 800 DEATHS TODAY IN FRANCE

France has added 833 deaths in one day from coronavirus, bringing the total since the beginning of the epidemic to 8,911, French Health Minister Olivier Véran said Monday.

20:15 RADOMIR ANTIC DIES

The Serbian Radomir Antic, former Atlético de Madrid coach who won the double (league and Cup) in 1996, passed away this Monday, reported Atlético de Madrid on its website. "The Atlético family is in mourning for the death of one of our legendary coaches: Radomir Antic. You will always be in our hearts. Rest In Peace, "says Atlético.

19:45 THE FORMER GENERAL HEAD OF THE BRILAT DEATHS

General Pedro Herguedas, former chief general of the Galicia VII Brigade (BRILAT), died last morning in Madrid at the age of 77, as reported by the communication office of the Pontevedra brigade.

Herguedas, who was Brilat's chief general between 1998 and 2000, had been in poor health for some time but his situation, military sources confirm to Efe, was aggravated by contracting coronavirus.

18:52 MORE THAN 16,000 DEATHS IN ITALY

The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has exceeded the threshold of 130,000 infections while the number of deaths is now above 16,000, according to data announced by the head of Civil Protection, Angelo Borrelli. In the last 24 hours, 1,941 new infections have been recorded, a figure that represents some 1,000 fewer cases than the day before, bringing the total to 132,547 cases since the pandemic began. As regards the deaths, there have been another 636 for a total of 16,523.

18:45 THE LARGEST RISE OF THE SPANISH STOCK MARKET IN TWO WEEKS

The Spanish stock market registered its biggest rise in two weeks this Monday, with a rebound of 3.99% that has allowed it to recover the level of 6,800 points, lost ten days ago, encouraged by the advance of international markets given the decrease in deaths and infections by the coronavirus in several countries, according to market data.

18:30 WHO ADVICE ON MASKS

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has reiterated that the United Nations health agency only recommends the use of masks in the general population in the case of people who are sick or who are caring for a patient at home.

18:27 APPEARANCE IN MONCLOA

Interior Minister Grande Marlaska says "there is no way we can relax and let our guard down" in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. Warns of a new functionality in the AlertCops application for "victims of gender violence", The minister appreciates the behavior of the population but asks not to lower our guard in the coming weeks. For Grande-Marlaska, he points out that we are experiencing the "greatest health emergency of the century" and that "our country is being exemplary" because the new stage will need a lot of "commitment" from Spanish society.

The Minister of Justice, Juan Carlos Campo, points out that only the reduction of mobility can lead to defeating Covid-19.

18:15 TRANSFER OF THE HEALTHY USERS OF THE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ESPERANZA RESIDENCE

They have been transferred to the adjoining residence, Santa María, occupied until last weekend by people with disabilities, all of them healthy.

17:55 THE BNG PROPOSES EDUCATIONAL MEASURES TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF OURENSE

The BNG requests the launch of a print-on-demand service for those students from Ourense who "due to insufficient means cannot print school supplies at their homes"

17:15 THE OIRA SPORTS CENTER, FOR ASYMPTOMATIC HOMELESS

The Ourense City Council prepares the Oira municipal sports center to use as reception facilities for homeless people with asymptomatic positives for COVID-19 referred by the Servizo Galego de Saúde. Currently, the local government has two facilities. On the one hand, the Fogar do passeúnte, which is located in Praza do trigo and is already complete

16:40 Pep Guardiola's mother dies after contracting coronavirus.

16:15 | The Council of Almendralejo sent a "virtual hug" to A Rúa, with which it is twinned, "in these difficult moments". The mayor, José María Rodríguez, expressed his conviction that he will strengthen his ties and "that we will show that we have won together."

15:20 | FEIJÓO WILL DONATE 30% OF HIS APRIL SALARY

The president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and all the councilors (ten) will donate 30 percent of their April salary to the fight against Covid-19. This has been announced by the Galician Government in a post on social networks, which Núñez Feijóo has shared, and to which he has added a comment.

14:51 | The Galician selectivity, from September 15 to 17

Galicia will hold the extraordinary call for the baccalaureate entrance exams to the university between September 15 and 17, as the Minister of Education, Carmen Pomar, has specified this Monday with members of the Galician Inter-university Commission ( CIUG) and has subsequently transferred the rectors.

14:48 | Ábalos says that the reactivation after Easter will be "staggered"

The reactivation of non-essential economic activities scheduled for after Easter will be undertaken in a "staggered" manner and according to "public health and economic" criteria, according to the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, José Luis ábalos. "We must return to activity while preserving security and we are already analyzing how to carry it out," the minister said at a press conference in Moncloa.

14:30 | The Nogueira de Ramuín Council has issued a notice in which it asks the population not to use public fountains as they can be a source of contagion, after receiving a communication from the General Directorate of Public Health, sent to all the councils. Other Galician municipalities have begun to seal the sources, as Xinzo did a few days ago.

14:10 | 657 POSITIVES IN RESIDENCES IN GALICIA

The number of positive cases of coronavirus in nursing homes has grown again throughout Sunday, 11.4%, which means an increase of 68 infections among users, totaling 657; and 23 among workers, up to 232 in total. The Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza de Ourense (106) and DomusVi Aldán (102) centers continue to be the main sources.

13:40 | These are the emergency telephone numbers authorized by the Concello de Ourense:

13:34 Follow live the press conference of the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, and the Minister of Transportation, Jose Luis Ábalos:

13:24 EMPLOYMENT | Galicia registers a total of 31,326 Temporary Employment Regulation Files (ERTE) with 199,993 workers affected by the coronavirus crisis, according to data from the Xunta this Monday.

13:21 EDUCATION | The councils of A Merca, Allariz, Quintela de Leirado, Bande, Petín and Cartelle have also launched a printing service for those students who require the use of a printer and do not have one. In Monterrei, a printing network has also been created with all the municipalities: Castrelo do Val, Cualedro, Laza, Monterrei, Oímbra, Riós, Vilardevós.

13:00 Feijóo confirms the arrival of 57,760 government tests in Galicia:

12:50 | 19,400 INFECTED HEALTHCARE

A total of 19,400 health professionals have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, of which around 20% have already been discharged and "at most" 10% have required hospital admission. These are figures provided by the head of the CCAES area of ​​the Ministry of Health, María José Sierra.

12:45 THE EVOLUTION OF THE PANDEMIC, IN GRAPHICS

Here you can observe the evolution of COVID-19 in Spain through graphs:

12:30 NINE DEATHS RAISES TO 241 THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS IN GALICIA

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of another nine people, so the coronavirus has resulted in a balance, to date, of 241 fatalities in the Community, adding the data from medical complexes and nursing homes In the case of the latter, there have been eight new deaths and, with respect to the former, that of an 85-year-old man admitted to the University Hospital of Ourense, an 80-year-old woman at the Ferrol University Hospital Complex, a man of 76 in the HULA in Lugo; in Vigo, an 86-year-old woman and two men, 87 and 80 years old; at Virxe da Xunqueira, by Cee, an 88-year-old woman; another of 68 at the CHUAC in A Coruña and a 76-year-old man at the Hospital del Salnés.

12:17 MORE THAN 19,000 SANITARY CARE CONTACTED

A total of 19,400 health professionals are infected with coronavirus, says Dr. María José Sierra, from the Health Alerts and Emergencies Coordination Center.

12:15 SENATOR MIGUEL ÁNGEL VISO, POSITIVE

Senator Miguel Ángel Viso Dieguez from Ourense tests positive for coronavirus. The politician himself announced it through his social networks, where he explains that he is fine.

12:10 HOW LONG DOES THE VIRUS LAST ON CLOTHING? AND IN THE MONEY?

The coronavirus can last between 1 and 2 days on wooden surfaces, clothing or glass and up to more than four days on plastics, banknotes, surgical masks and stainless steel, according to the new scientific-technical document on Covid-19. 19 published by the Ministry of Health.

11:52 COVID-19 TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Press conference of the technical and health managers after the Technical Management Committee of #COVID19. This Monday, both cases and deaths from coronavirus have once again registered a decrease since, although 135,032 people confirmed by Covid-19 have already been registered, less than those registered last Monday, when they increased by 6,398 patients.

There are 6,931 people in the ICU and 40,437 people have already been cured of the disease, which means 2,357 in one day.

José García Molina: In the last 24 hours, the National Police has registered 81 complaints, which amounts to 1,360 since the state of alarm was declared. This figure represents an increase of 6.1% compared to the previous day. Regarding sanctions, more than 4,000 were processed.

Cybercrime: The National Police insists on the need to maximize network security and reminds that the health authorities do not use email to disseminate information about the virus.

José Manuel Santiago, general of the Civil Guard: The Civil Guard has identified 1.4 million people since the state of alarm was declared, registering more than 99,800 complaints. A total of 407 people were arrested. Yesterday more than 5,000 complaints were processed and 19 people were arrested.

11:42 DEATHS DROP IN SPAIN: 637 IN 24 HOURS

Coronavirus cases and deaths in Spain once again registered a decrease this Monday, since, although 135,032 people confirmed by Covid-19 have already been registered (4,273 more than on Sunday), they are fewer than those registered on last Monday, when they increased by 6,398 patients.

Regarding the deaths, which were registered this Monday 13,055 (637 more in 24 hours), the increase is less than last week when, on the same day, there was an increase of 812 deaths, according to the new data provided by the Ministry of Health.

11:35 SANITARY MATERIAL ARRIVES IN GALICIA

Galicia received this Monday the sanitary material distributed by the Government. The Community receives 58,800 rapid diagnostic tests and 117,000 masks.

11:32 SPAIN PRODUCES 245,000 TESTS PER WEEK

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, assured this Monday that Spain produces 245,000 coronavirus tests a week "for weeks" and that, shortly, it will be a producer of masks to supply in the "de-escalation" phase "that" we're all going to have to use.

"The tests do not have to arrive, the tests are produced in Spain, 245,000 tests a week; there are four Spanish companies that are doing them and have been doing them for weeks", González Laya assured in an interview on Antena 3 in which he stressed that, between the current Spanish production and that of the companies that are converting, "it will place us in a situation of great advantage".

11:29 THE "O MARISQUIÑO" FESTIVAL CANCELED

The organization of the Vigo O Marisquiño urban culture and sports festival has canceled its 2020 edition, whose scheduled dates were August 7, 8 and 9, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organizers of O Marisquiño allege health, organizational and security difficulties that this crisis implies, and that "they have left no other way out than to suspend the celebration of the event."

11:25 DEATH THREATS TO TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN OURENSE

The Local Police of the city arrested a 46-year-old resident of the city for threats to the agents and disobedience, at dawn on Saturday. The man was intercepted twice during the night, in a short period of time.

11:14 BUSINESSMAN ALFONSO CORTINA DEATHS

Alfonso Cortina died at the age of 76, also a victim of coronavirus on April 6. The former president of Repsol from 1996 to 2004, had been hospitalized in Toledo for several days.

11:00 THE PRIME MINISTER OF IRELAND RETURNS TO WORK AS A DOCTOR

Acting Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has reactivated his medical license to work a weekly shift at a Dublin hospital to alleviate staff shortages caused by the coronavirus crisis. The Christian Democrat leader worked as a doctor for seven years, but he permanently withdrew from the medical school in 2013, a year before assuming the post of Minister of Health.

10:45 THE RESEARCHER FROM OURENS OF COVID-19

Marta González-Freire, from Ourense, works against the clock with other colleagues to find a remedy for the coronavirus. González-Freire, who works at the Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears, recalls how many did not understand the seriousness of the disease. "The scientific community warned him, but it turned a deaf ear," he says.

10:30 ARRESTED WHEN HE WORKED ON HIS FARM

Agents from the Lugo Local Police have denounced this weekend a resident of the city who was doing agricultural work on a farm located several kilometers from his home, "without cause to justify it." As reported by the own Local Police, the defendant was working on a farm near Rúa Xoán Diego, in the city of Lugo, a plot located several kilometers away from his habitual residence, so that the agents who saw him issued an infraction report of the state of alarm decreed to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

10:20 PEOPLE CAN TRANSMIT THE VIRUS TO DOGS AND CATS

People could transmit the coronavirus to dogs, cats and ferrets, although it is not yet confirmed that the transmission occurs in reverse, according to the Ministry of Health in a new scientific-technical document on the virus.A This conclusion has been reached after detecting two cases of dogs with respiratory and digestive symptoms in Hong Kong (China) and a cat in Belgium that lived with a person infected with the new coronavirus.

10:10 THE BRILAT IS DEPLOYED IN OURENSE

The Army, through its Land Component Command, within the scope of `Operation Balmis`, deployed this Monday Brilat units on presence and reconnaissance missions in Ourense, Pontevedra, O Porriño and A Cañiza.

10:05 PSA APPROVES A LOAN OF 3,000 MILLION TO IMPROVE ITS LIQUIDITY

The PSA automobile consortium has signed a new syndicated credit line for an amount of 3,000 million euros, in order to improve its liquidity position in the face of the coronavirus crisis, the company reported in a statement. The group chaired by Carlos Tavares pointed out that this line of credit is added to another that it has confirmed and that has not been used for another 3,000 million euros, so the total amount available is 6,000 million euros.

The financial director of the PSA Group, Philippe de Rovira, stated that this operation strengthens the company's ability to face this exceptional situation and also to prepare for the future.

10:00 THE HOLIDAYS OF EASTER WEEK, ON PAUSE

The coronavirus imposes a halt on the routes of some travelers from Ourense. The Easter holidays represented the opportunity to get to know those pending destinations and that, for the moment, remain on pause: "Tine me to be taking photos with the Hollywood sign."

9:50 HEALTH EMERGENCY IN JAPAN

The US troops deployed in Japan declared a health emergency on Monday at their bases in the Japanese region of Kanto, where Tokyo is located, given the "constant increase" in cases of COVID-19 in the area of ​​the capital. The declaration empowers commanders to "enforce health protection measures among military, civilians, and contractors who live and work on US installations," they explained in a statement.

9:40 ARRESTED IN SANTIAGO FOR STEALING TWO MILLION MASKS

The Autonomous Police have arrested a businessman for his alleged involvement in the theft of almost two million masks, among other medical supplies, in a warehouse located in the Polígono del Tambre in Santiago de Compostela.

9:30 SOLIDARITY INITIATIVE IN CELANOVA

A resident of Celanova has made it possible for four secondary school students to have a computer with which to keep up to date with academic activity, but also to serve as an escape route in the social and leisure spheres. "Our homes have two doors, the physical one, which we already have closed, and the virtual one. If the latter is also closed, we are doubly confined," explains the patron, who prefers to remain anonymous.

9:15 A TIGER AT A NEW YORK ZOO TESTS POSITIVE

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York has tested positive for coronavirus, the United States Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services Laboratories reported, after one of its keepers was a carrier of the disease. The animal, named Nadia, is four years old and was tested along with other big cats that "developed a dry cough," the zoo issued in a statement, according to the US network CNN.

9:00 AN UNKNOWN PALM SUNDAY

Palm Sunday, which is traditionally a day of festive explosion to celebrate the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, was reduced this year to a mass celebrated in the Cathedral by the bishop, Leonardo Lemos; the dean, José Pérez Domínguez, and with Telemiño and the La Región website as witnesses broadcasting live.

8:45 MORE THAN 70,000 DEATHS AND 1.3 MILLION CASES

The coronavirus pandemic has left some 70,000 deaths globally so far, while the number of infections is close to 1.3 million, after exceeding the million threshold on Thursday of last week.United States and, particularly, the state of New York, have become the new global epicenters of the pandemic. The North American country already has more than 337,000 infections and more than 9,600 deaths, of which a third correspond to the state of New York.

Italy continues to lead the list in terms of the number of deaths with more than 15,800, although in the number of cases it has been surpassed by Spain, which has already reached 131,000, compared to almost 129,000 in the transalpine country. In Spain, the number of victims of Covid-19 is around 12,600.

8:30 CONTAGES LOWER IN OURENSE

The province begins the fourth week of confinement with a containment in the number of positives detected, but with its sights set on nursing homes, where cases once again rose above the Galician average. Active cases were a total of 921; a figure to which 79 discharges are added – there were 17 more in the last 24 hours – and 44 deaths (35 in the hospital and 9 in residences).

8:20 GUARANTEES FOR SELF-EMPLOYED AND COMPANIES

The Line of Guarantees of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, designed to facilitate the liquidity of the self-employed, SMEs and companies and which guarantees operations granted since last March 18, will be operational from this Monday, April 6, once that the Official Credit Institute (ICO) and the financial institutions have signed the corresponding collaboration agreements.

8:05 SENDING OF 58,000 TESTS TO GALICIA

Galicia today receives 58,000 rapid tests and 117,000 masks to be used as a complement to the PCR tests, carrying out screening in hospitals and nursing homes, as announced by the Government.

7:50 USA WARNS OF A NEW "11-S"

The state of New York, the epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States and worldwide, announced that the coronavirus has caused 4,159 deaths and 122,031 infections, while the authorities warned that this week the country will live a "moment like the Pearl Harbor, like 9/11."

22:51 Boris Johnson, in the hospital for coronavirus | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital as a "precautionary" measure against "persistent symptoms" caused by COVID-19, a Downing Street spokesman announced on Sunday.

21:00 Eight deaths -two in Ourense- raise the number of victims with coronavirus in Galicia to 224 | The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of eight other people, so the coronavirus has resulted in a balance, to date, of 224 fatalities in Galicia, added to the cases of medical complexes and nursing homes.

20:38 CORONAVIRUS IN FRANCE | The neighboring country has 8,078 deaths and 70,478 infected. The number of deaths has gone from 7,560 to 8,078 in the last 24 hours and the number of infected from 68,605 to 70,478.

20:00 He skips confinement, drugged and with an expired license | The Civil Guard intercepted a driver, H.G.C., this afternoon on the N-120, as it passed through the city. The man was driving without justification that motivated his displacement, without a valid license, in a car with tires in poor condition and under the influence of marijuana.

19:10 | The Government distributes a million tests to the CCAAs, of which Galicia will receive 58,000. The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has advanced that this material will arrive this afternoon or "tomorrow morning at the latest", to be used as a complement to the PCR tests, carrying out a screening in hospitals and nursing homes.

18:55 | The president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, said this Sunday that "it is not clear why" Pedro Sánchez has asked the regional leaders for a list of infrastructures to accommodate those infected by the coronavirus but who are asymptomatic.

18:17 Italy records 525 deaths in 24 hours, the lowest number of deaths in three weeks.

18:00 THE ECONOMY IN A STATE OF ALARM| Do you have doubts about the economic consequences of the state of alarm? You can now send them to Miguel Ángel Vázquez Taín, president of the Galician Council of Economists, who will answer them on Tuesday, April 7 at 9:00 p.m., in the next virtual La Región Forum. The colloquium conference moderated by the journalist Antonio Nespereira where the readers will take the lead and which can be followed through this link:

If you are a worker, businessman or self-employed person and have any questions related to the economy in this state of alarm, send it to the expert through one of these channels:

- By email, to mail [email protected]

- By text message or voice note, on WhatsApp 638 861 981

- Through Facebook or Twitter of La Región

- Calling directly to the telephone number 988 384 557

16.59 | A reassuring message arrives from the Chandrexa de Queixa senior center after one of its residents had to be admitted to the CHUO due to coronavirus: "Despite the situation that is presented to us, all of us residents and the entire team are tied to these moments we are in perfect condition and asymptomatic".

16:50 This Palm Sunday, Pope Francis has conveyed a message to young people: "look at the true heroes, who come out these days; they are not those who have money and success, but those who give themselves to the rest".

16:36 The Government warns of greater intervention in the economy due to the crisis | The Government considers that it will have to carry out a greater intervention in the economy as a result of the impact caused by the coronavirus health crisis and the stoppage of activities, according to the Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos. "There is no place for ideological orthodoxies, This crisis will require governments to assume a more active role in the economy," said Ábalos in an appearance with the other three ministers who have delegated powers during the state of alarm.

On the other hand, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, stressed this Sunday, during his videoconference meeting with the regional presidents, that he wants "all the information on all residences, both public and private" to be able to "proper monitoring" during the coronavirus crisis.

16:27 | Some 1,700 patients with Covid-19 receive telecare, according to Sergas. These are people infected with the coronavirus who have mild symptoms, in addition to another who have left hospitals and are under supervision, says Sergas. Those 1,700 patients being monitored through the Telea platform, from Sergas, represent 47 .3% of the total number of infected people who "remain at home," he points out. He adds that 77.4% of people infected with coronavirus in Galicia are under "home monitoring" and stresses that "they must remain isolated".

16:24 | The State Security Forces and Corps have arrested 2,850 people and have carried out more than 330,000 sanctions three weeks after the state of alarm.

16:04 MADRID | A 61-year-old doctor from a Home Care Unit of the Summa112 emergency service has died of COVID-19. He is the first health professional to die in the Community of Madrid from the disease and the fifth that has been recorded in all of Spain.

15:53 ​​| Illa says that the containment measures "are working" | The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has defended that both the initial containment measures decreed by the state of alarm, as well as the recent imposition of closure of non-essential activities for a period of weeks, "are working" to bend the curve of the coronavirus. At a press conference, the minister highlighted that the data for this Sunday, the best in more than a week, "confirm the stabilization and slowdown phase of the epidemic." "Only three weeks ago the daily increase in cases was 22 percent, on Monday it was 12 percent and today it was 5 percent," he celebrated.

15:49 | Feijóo confirms 216 deaths from coronavirus in Galicia. The president of the Xunta has reported in a telematic press conference that the total number of deaths attributed in the Community to Covid-19 is 216, data resulting from adding the deaths in hospitals and in nursing homes, which send separately. Since the last balance, this Saturday, eight people have died in Galicia in medical complexes and two in centers for the elderly.

14:29 FEIJÓO OFFERS A PRESS CONFERENCE | The president of the Xunta shells out the keys of the meeting with the president of the Government.

In his speech, Núñez Feijóo considered it key to continue with the tests and confirmed the arrival of 60,000 for Galicia of the million announced by the Government. He also asked for more reliable data regarding the number of infections at the national level and to unify the criteria for communication to Health.

Regarding the state of alarm, the president confirms that Galicia will return to the situation of the initial March decree in the industrial sectors on April 13, "as long as all the rules are met."

Given the constant comments, the regional president asked Sánchez if there is any protocol on the general use of masks and what the protocol will be to follow. He also stressed the need to carry out epidemiological studies at the national level. "Galicia would like it," said Feijóo.

Núñez Feijóo lamented that the autonomies are learning "of the big decisions through the media" and that produces tensions. "The conferences should serve to strengthen ties. It cannot be that the president meets us on a Sunday and that we do not know what he is going to do on Monday."

He also remarked that it is important that the government does not confiscate employment or housing funds from the autonomous communities because they are already assigned, as well as expediting the payment of pensions and subsidies. He also considers the VAT return between January and February key.

13:15 40 NEW CASES IN THE DIVINE MAESTRO RESIDENCE | There are 27 users and 14 workers affected by the virus

12:50 TOURISTS RETURN FROM INDIA | The flight chartered by the Government to repatriate Spanish and European tourists who were in India has arrived this Sunday morning at Madrid's Barajas airport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation has reported on its Twitter account. 191 Spaniards, 34 Europeans and six third-country nationals residing in Spain were traveling on the flight. By including European citizens on the plane, the Government has been able to invoke the European Civil Protection Mechanism, for which the European Commission will reimburse up to 75 percent. The plane made stops in New Delhi and Goa, where they had previously been regrouped.

12:32 LIVE | Press conference of the technical and health managers after the Technical Management Committee of the coronavirus.

12:19 CAUTION WITH THE SUN IN CONFINEMENT | Nutritionists and dietitians recommend "sensible exposure" to the sun during the confinement by COVID-19, as long as the homes allow it, and at least on the face, neck and extremities. The Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Council General of Official Colleges of Dietitians-Nutritionists (CGCODN) advise that exposure should vary depending on the region, the month and the type of skin, being especially of interest to children and people over 65 years of age. They also ask the authorities , when the epidemic curve allows it, assess measures that allow the population access to the sun during physical activity, especially in children and over 65 years of age, although while the state of alarm continues, the population must continue in their homes, they point out both organizations in a statement.

11:35 THE DOWNWARD TREND CONTINUES | Little respite for the health workers who fight the coronavirus. On Saturday it left 674 deaths from the virus, a considerable decrease compared to the more than 800 of the previous day.

11:00 ITALY PREPARES TO LEAVE LOCKDOWN | The Italian government has begun preparations for a five-point plan to reopen the country, in a gradual and controlled manner, when the coronavirus epidemic begins to subside, Health Minister Roberto Speranza explained this Sunday. The Italian medical authorities have days, noting some stabilization in the numbers of those affected throughout the country -- almost 125,000 infections and 15,000 deaths --, and aims to relaunch the national economy as soon as possible. The main lines of this plan consist of maintaining the current social distancing, an increase of treatments within homes to reduce the burden on hospitals and the exponential increase in tests on the population. This increase in tests should reveal "how many Italians have been infected, if they are immune and how immune they are, how many and in which areas can return to a normal life", according to the minister, in an interview with "La Repubblica". The minister has also advanced that Italian hospitals will open specialized sections for the treatment of the disease and has announced the development of a mobile phone application to track those infected and provide them with remote help. The minister, however, has called for caution. "There will not be a single day in which we can say 'everything is over'", and he has acknowledged that it would be "irresponsible" on his part to promise a date to return to normality. "We have to live with this virus", he declared the minister, who recalled that the crisis will only end when researchers manage to develop a vaccine against the disease.

10:05 MORE THAN 5,000 PRISONERS PARENTED | King Mohamed VI of Morocco has granted pardon to a total of 5,654 prisoners in the country for humanitarian reasons and to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, as reported by the country's Ministry of Justice. According to the latest balance from the Moroccan Ministry of Health, There is evidence of 919 cases of coronavirus in the country and a total of 59 deaths from the disease.

9:26 GERMANY EXCEEDS 90,000 CONTAGES | Germany has just exceeded 90,000 coronavirus infections throughout the country after registering 5,936 new daily cases, almost 200 fewer than those found yesterday, while the death toll now reaches 1,342, 194 more than on Saturday, according to data published by Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German government agency responsible for monitoring infectious diseases. With a total of 91,714 cases, Germany is already the fourth country in the world in number of infections, behind the United States, Spain and Italy, awaiting the balance of this Sunday from the French authorities, which already registers around 90,000 affected.

08:57 ANOTHER QUARANTINE REFUGEE CAMP | The Greek government has quarantined a second refugee camp for two weeks this Sunday after the appearance of a case of coronavirus in a resident. It is the Malakassa camp, a former military terrain located about 40 kilometers north of Athens, where more than a thousand people live, mostly crammed into tents.

08:40 NEW YORK: ALMOST THE SAME CASES AS SPAIN AND ITALY TOGETHER | The United States and, particularly, the state of New York, have become the new global epicenters of the pandemic. The country is about to exceed 8,500 deaths and those infected reach 312,000, more than Spain and Italy together (126,000 and 124,000, respectively). In New York, infections have exceeded 110,000 and more than 3,500 people have died.

07:55 BRAZIL, NEW WORLD FOCUS | Brazil has registered 1,222 new cases of coronavirus in a single day, so the number of infections has exceeded 10,000, while it has confirmed 73 more deaths, a figure that rises to 432, according to the latest data offered this Saturday by the Ministry of Health. The agency has indicated that the number of positive cases of Covid-19 has reached 10,278 and is consolidated as the Latin American country currently most affected by the pandemic.

07:30 FEIJÓO, AT THE MEETING OF AUTONOMOUS PRESIDENTS | The head of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will participate from 10:00 a.m. this Sunday in the videoconference that the head of the central executive, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, will hold with the regional presidents. Subsequently, the regional president will appear before the media to report the conclusions of this meeting, as it has already done in the three previous meetings.

21:50 | This is how the CHUO Emergency Service is working to attend to the coronavirus health alert:

21:18 | González Laya: Turkey will send the respirators to Spain "in the next few hours" | The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, has assured that Turkey "in the next few hours" will send to Spain the respirators purchased by two autonomous communities that were retained in the country and has indicated that since this Friday the Government has made diplomatic efforts to ensure that this sanitary material arrives in Spain to be used in the fight against the coronavirus.

20:53 | Six people infected with coronavirus have died this Saturday in Galicia, in all cases with previous pathologies, the Ministry of Health has reported. These are three women aged 86, 78 and 96 who were admitted to the A Coruña University Hospital Complex (CHUAC), a 55-year-old woman treated at the CHUO, in Ourense; and two men of 94 and 86 in Povisa. Galicia adds 206 deaths from Covid-19 between hospitals and residences

20:05 | The bishops ask for more protective equipment so that relatives can attend burials. The Spanish Episcopal Conference has requested this Saturday that the population be provided with more protective equipment such as masks and gloves and thus allow the presence of the closest relatives to the burials of their relatives and avoid "greater suffering".

19:00 The first National Police of Galicia with coronavirus dies, in Ferrol | Galicia registers the first National Police who died with coronavirus in the city of Ferrol, where the agent carried out his activity at the Ferrol-Narón police station. This is J.L.M.G., 64 years old.

18:36 CORONAVIRUS IN OURENSE | The San Rosendo Foundation has transferred this afternoon to the Laias spa hotel the users of the Santa María de A Farixa Residence —adjacent to La Esperanza, which currently has 142 positive cases— in anticipation of using these facilities to accommodate the 51 residents of La Esperanza who have tested negative for COVID-19.

18:15 GLOBAL DATA UPDATE | The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the planet amounts to 1.05 million, while there are 56,985 deaths in 207 countries and territories, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO). Coronavirus infections have multiplied by ten in approximately a month, since it was on March 7 when the barrier of 100,000 cases was exceeded, according to the agency's figures.

18:10 | Italy registers 681 deaths in 24 hours, the lowest number of deaths in nine days

16:53 EMPLOYMENT IN OURENSE | La Baixa Limia is the Ourense region where the unemployment figure has fallen the most in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. These are data from the report of the Ourense Economic Observatory of the Ourense Provincial Council in relation to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, and it also shows that Allariz-Maceda, A Limia and O Ribeiro also register a positive balance of unemployment in relation to to the previous year

16:08 Abascal does not pick up the phone from Sánchez | The president of Vox has refused this Saturday to hold a telephone conversation with the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, about the extension of the state of alarm due to the coronavirus, alleging that the information transmitted by the chief executive is "scarce and not very credible". In addition, he has asked for his resignation and has accused members of the Government of being "responsible" for the more than 11,000 deaths due to Covid-19.

15:21 Casado gives his support to Sánchez | The leader of the PP, Pablo Casado, has expressed this Saturday his support for the chief executive, Pedro Sánchez, to extend the state of alarm until April 25, but has warned that unity and loyalty in the coronavirus crisis require "efficiency and transparency".

15:06 PEDRO SÁNCHEZ APPEARS AT PRESS CONFERENCE | Follow the appearance of the President of the Government live after extending the state of alarm until April 25:

"We will ask the Congress of Deputies for a two-week extension: we believe that this is the time our health system needs to recover" and for the "de-escalation" of the virus, says Sánchez.

The President of the Government -who added that these days have been "the most difficult of our lives for many"- celebrated that now "we know that we are capable of fighting and sacrificing ourselves, and that we can wrest victories from the virus" and He has insisted that during the de-escalation, after the peak, "we cannot relax, because this would generate a second wave of the virus."

For weeks - Sánchez announced - the Government has been thinking "in the medium term", with an interdisciplinary team of "top-level" professionals working on drawing up a plan for the recovery of normality.

"We are facing the great crisis of our lives, there is no doubt about it", stressed Sánchez, who has assured that the Government will work on "new Moncloa Pacts". "We are going to talk to all the social agents and all the political forces to move forward," he said.

14:05 GOVERNMENT APPEARANCE | Government representatives attend the media at the daily press conference on the state of Spain due to the coronavirus crisis

13:45 TWO MORE WEEKS OF CONFINEMENT | The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has decided to request a new extension of the state of alarm until April 25, inclusive, after listening to the recommendations of the group of scientists that advises the Government and after meeting with the Technical Management Committee of the coronavirus.

13:30 FOUR OURENSANS DECEASED | Two in the CHUO, one in the Valdeorras Hospital and a user of the Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza residence, those who died for the moment this Saturday. There are already 38 people killed by the virus in the province.

13:00 4,926 CASES IN GALICIA | Galicia registers a total of 4,926 people infected with coronavirus and 168 deaths due to the Covid-19 disease, reported the Ministry of Health.

​12:35 80 NEW POSITIVES IN A FARIXA | The Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza residence has become one of the major sources of COVID-19 in Galicia.

12:15 WITHOUT DATE FOR THE ACCESS TESTS TO THE HIGHER CYCLES | The Ministry of Education, University and Vocational Training has decided to postpone without a specific date the entrance exams to higher-level vocational training cycles, which were to be held in Galicia on April 23. This department of the Xunta has postponed this event due to the situation caused by the pandemic and ensures that "soon", depending on the evolution of the virus, "it will publish a new calendar" to carry out these tests. Meanwhile, those that evaluate the access to middle grade cycles maintain the scheduled date, May 28.

11:35 GOOD NEWS IN THE DATA | Spain registers 809 deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest number of the week. In total there are 11,744 deaths from the coronavirus

11:05 ALMOST 14,000 SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATING THE STATE OF ALARM | A total of 130 arrests and more than 14,000 complaints have been registered in Galicia for failing to comply with the measures decreed by the state of alarm to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

10:38 DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE SUBSIDY FOR DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES | The temporary unemployment benefit for domestic workers approved by the Government on March 31 due to the coronavirus crisis leaves out 40% of them, that is, some 200,000 women employed in the underground economy, according to sector associations. The Active Domestic Service Association (Sedoac) and Alianza por la Solidaridad-ActionAid therefore demand urgent regularization for these undocumented workers.

10:00 A CIVIL GUARD DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS | An agent of the Civil Guard of the Madrid-South traffic subsector has died this morning a victim of the coronavirus, sources from the armed institute have informed Efe. The same source has indicated that the deceased, active, is Manuel F.Z, who has died at 6:30 p.m. this Saturday. With him there are already at least five civil guards who have died from the coronavirus, as well as two national police officers, a mosso and a municipal police officer from Madrid.

09:45 THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE A DECISION TODAY | The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will advance this Saturday to the leaders of the political parties the decision he takes on whether or not to ask the Congress of Deputies for a new extension of the state of alarm and under what conditions. This was announced in a conference the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, who has indicated that Sánchez will make the decision after two meetings with the scientific council that advises him and with the Coronavirus Technical Management Committee. Once these meetings have finished and the decision has been made, Sánchez will in contact with the leaders of the political parties, since the extension needs to have the authorization of the Lower House.

09:20 JAPAN VALUES LOCKDOWN | The Government of Japan has confirmed this Saturday 314 new cases of coronavirus in the country, the first time that the threshold of 300 daily deaths has been exceeded, at the beginning of a new weekend in which the capital, Tokyo, is already in `de facto` quarantine. The residents of the capital are confined to their homes at the request of the governor, Yuriko Koike, and due to the reluctance of the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, to declare a state of emergency due to the economic impact that could represent in a country that estimates losses of 36,000 million dollars just for postponing the Olympic Games. If necessary, the residents of Tokyo will be asked to refrain from leaving their homes, but essential services will remain in operation.

08:35 ALMOST 60,000 DEATHS | The coronavirus pandemic, which already affects 181 countries, already leaves a confirmed total of 58,929 deaths after exceeding the threshold of one million infections on Thursday -- 1,100,000 now, according to the updated balance of Johns Hopkins University --, while that the United States is already completely submerged in the disease, with more than 275,000 confirmed cases throughout the country. The growth rate of the new coronavirus pandemic now adds up to more than 100,000 cases per day and this week it has consolidated on the continent Africa, where there are already more than 7,000 cases of Covid-19 and 50 of the 54 countries on the continent are affected by the pandemic, according to the latest data published this Friday by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of the African Union. The dead are already around three hundred.

08:00 THE CHINESE PEOPLE ARE SILENT | Hundreds of millions of people observed three minutes of silence in China today for those killed by the coronavirus pandemic, while anti-aircraft sirens sounded along with thousands of car, train and ship horns throughout the country. 10 local hours (0200 GMT) citizens stood on the sidewalks in silence, while motorists honked their car horns and sirens placed in almost every corner of the cities sounded to alert the population to a catastrophe.

07:15 SOUTH KOREA EXPANDS ITS RECORD OF DEATHS

The South Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has raised this Saturday the number of people affected by the coronavirus in the country to 10,156, after registering 94 additional cases. On the other hand, the South Korean authorities have confirmed three new deaths this Friday, so that the fatalities as a result of the coronavirus are already counted at 177, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap.

22:30 MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FROM OURENSAN CHILDREN

22:10 OURENSANS ABROAD: MIRIAM BARREIRA AND PABLO PROL

22:00 SPIELBERG DONATES FOOD AND MONEY TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS

The filmmaker Steven Spielberg is ordering food for the doctors and nurses at the hospital closest to the offices of his production company in Los Angeles (USA), a city to which he recently donated 500,000 dollars (about 462,000 euros ) to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

20:45 THIS WAS THE DISINFECTION WORK IN SAN CIBRAO

21:30 THE SANITARY WORKERS THANK OURENSAN FOR THE SUPPORT

Until now, it has been the citizens who have thanked him for his work caring for patients; and now they are the ones who want to thank the gestures of support and energy they receive from all citizens with a video.

20:55 THREE DEATHS IN OURENSE AND ONE IN VIGO

Galicia now has 159 deaths with coronavirus after the death of four people in the last few hours. The CHUO registered the death of two men aged 85 and 54 and the O Barco de Valdeorras hospital added the death of an 84-year-old man. The other fatality is an 83-year-old man admitted to the Álvaro Cunqueiro de Vigo.

20:00 MORE THAN 6,500 DEATHS IN FRANCE

The French health authorities have confirmed this Thursday that the country has 6,507 deaths since the first case of coronavirus was detected in France, where the number of infected is close to 60,000.

19:45 THE CTC GIVES A PCR TO CHUO

The Centro Tecnolóxico da Carne (CTC), based in San Cibrao das Viñas, donates to the Ourense University Hospital Complex a PCR equipment with a real-time system, which belongs to its molecular biology laboratory and would be used for the conducting tests for the detection of the Covid-19 virus.

19:30 A BABY WITH CORONAVIRUS IS EXTUBATED

The four-month-old baby who was admitted with coronavirus at the Málaga Maternal and Child Hospital, from the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella on March 16, was extubated this past Thursday, as explained by the Andalusian Government.

19:10 THE POCERO DIES WITH CORONAVIRUS

The builder Francisco Hernando Contreras, better known as Paco `el Pocero`, died this Friday at the age of 74 due to complications derived from the coronavirus. The businessman had been admitted since Monday at the Quirón clinic in Madrid.

19:00 WHO FEARS THAT THERE WILL BE AN UPGRADE OF CONTAGES

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that "if countries rush to lift restrictions quickly" against Covid-19, the virus "could re-emerge", which would mean, among other issues, that "the economic impact could be more severe and prolonged."

18:40 APPEARANCE IN MONCLOA

"The objective of slowing down the pandemic, in the absence of this weekend's data, can be said to have been met," says the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa. Regarding the acquisition of sanitary products, he points out that those purchased are being received from China on a "regular basis". "The foundations have been laid so that respirators can be manufactured in our country," the minister said in his speech. He is also grateful for the collaboration of Germany with the delivery of mechanical ventilation elements. Illa points out that tomorrow Pedro Sánchez will hold meetings with the technical committee and then he will speak with the opposition leaders to convey to them the decision to extend or not the state of alarm.

Salvador Illa has confirmed this Friday that, after the evolution of coronavirus cases registered this week, the objective of stabilizing the incidence curve of the disease has been "achieved", although he has warned that next week it will continue being "hard". He has also acknowledged that the Government is considering the possibility of recommending to the population the use of masks to go out, although he has assured that he still cannot confirm if this measure is going to be adopted.

A Spanish company will manufacture 100 respirators a day for the next two months, according to the Ministry of Health. He also points out that four Spanish companies manufacture diagnostic tests.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, points out that 20,000 Spaniards have returned to the country since the state of alarm was declared. She explains that they have put a system in place so that those Spaniards who are abroad and need something can contact other Spanish citizens to help them in the city where they are.

18:30 ITALY IS AGAIN THE SECOND COUNTRY WITH THE MOST CONTAGES

Italy added more than 2,300 new cases of coronavirus in the last day, bringing the total to close to 120,000 cases, while another 766 fatalities have been registered, according to the head of Civil Protection, Angelo Borrelli. .

18:10 ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS | A group of citizens has created the Spanish Association of People Affected by the Coronavirus, a non-profit entity that aims to be the "spokesperson for all those affected by this health and social crisis". The group, established on March 27 and chaired by Carmen Rodríguez Millán Molina, was born due to the "great suffering to which we are subjected, day after day, due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Spain", as they have explained.

17:50 SUPERMARKETS CLOSED ON GOOD FRIDAY | The Xunta establishes Good Friday as the day for supermarkets and other food establishments in Galicia to close so that the staff of this essential activity can rest during that festive day. According to sources from the Galician Government, this resolution to declare March 10 as non-business in the food sector will be published soon by the Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG).

17:40The CEIP Padre Feijóo de Allariz sends a song of affection and support to its students with a message: "Together we will win"

17:30 THE SURPRISE BIRTHDAYS CONTINUE

Beltrán found himself with a surprise on these birthday days without leaving home. Workers from the city's cleaning service sang "Happy Birthday" to him along with his neighbors.

17:00 THEY ASK THAT HEALTH SET THE PRICES OF PROTECTION PRODUCTS|The General Council of Pharmaceutical Associations has asked the Ministry of Health to set the price of protection products against coronavirus at source to avoid the "abusive" increase and unjustified" of the prices that has taken place in the last weeks.

16:18 | Another six people diagnosed with coronavirus died in Galicia. They are two men aged 74 and 78 admitted to the CHUAC, two women aged 82 and 90 admitted to the Hospital de O Barco de Valdeorras and two men aged 83 and 75 admitted to the CHUS. All had previous pathologies.

15:18 | They intercept on the A-6 a car that came from Madrid and was heading to the Galician coast full of luggage. Except for the space reserved for its driver, the only occupant of the car, the interior of the vehicle was full of belongings, bags, backpacks, suitcases and packaging that absolutely limited her freedom of movement and the use of rear-view mirrors.

14:40 | The Parliament of Galicia will immediately transfer to the Xunta an item of two million euros from the remaining treasury of the institution to contribute to the budgetary needs derived from the COVID-19 pandemic.

13:49 | Feijóo sees "dangerous" that the Government "confiscates" 100 million from Galicia for employment

President Alberto Núñez Feijóo appears after the meeting of the Xunta Council. "We wake up with the central government removing 100 million euros from Galicia to finance its decisions, and with the fact that we are neither consulted nor asked for an opinion," he laments, and announces that he will transfer this "deep discrepancy" of the Board.

Feijóo assures that April will be "the critical month" for Galicia -"it will be the month with the highest incidence"- and also advances that the Xunta de Galicia will assume 100% of the fees for nursery schools, day centers, Alzheimer's care and centers for people with disabilities during the duration of the state of alarm, while increasing the number of users of the Axuda no Fogar service by more than 12,000, which will also be free for new hires.

Asked about the use of private healthcare beds for coronavirus patients, Feijóo referred to the Xunta's protocol and assured that, in the case of using private resources, this service "will be paid for." "If we use a service, we are going to pay for it, unless the owner forgives part of the fees for it," he said.

The president of the Xunta also says that in recent days Galicia has received more medical supplies from the central government "than in previous days". "Our stocks of masks and consumables are reasonably assorted," adds Feijóo, but says that more gowns would be needed.

13:46 | The Ribadavia City Council has launched a school supplies printing service with home delivery for students in the municipality during the duration of the state of alarm.

13:27 | The Galicia-Escudocovid19.org Platform, coordinated by the University of Vigo together with the Association of Metallurgical Industrialists (Asime), has already delivered 2,000 protective screens to the Ourense University Hospital Complex (CHUO). EscudoCovid19 is a popular and non-profit initiative. profit whose objective is "to design, produce and distribute protection material, specifically, face protection screens for health centers, state security forces and bodies, and other actors who fight the pandemic on a daily basis", explained Asime.

13:10 CORONAVIRUS IN OURENSE | After the active cases skyrocketed on Thursday, Ourense again contains the increase in new infections, with 34 detected that place the province on the brink of the 700 infected controlled at the moment (694). In Galicia, the spread continues to stabilize, with 4,635 cases.

12:55 | Follow the press conference of the technical and health managers live after the COVID19 Technical Management Committee:

Fernando Simón points out: "now we must be very careful not to return to the transmission of the virus. There is a risk if we do not continue with the measures. We must assess whether the confinement can be relaxed."

12:30 ELEVEN NEW DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS IN GALICIA | They are three women aged 88, 57 and 74 and two men aged 83 and 84 who were at the Álvaro Cunqueiro, in Vigo; of three other men aged 67, 83 and 88, at the A Coruña University Hospital Complex (CHUAC); two women aged 91 and 76 at the Ourense University Hospital Complex (CHUO) and at the Ferrol University Hospital Complex (CHUF), respectively; and a 74-year-old man treated at the Santiago University Hospital Complex (CHUS). These deaths bring the number of deaths due to infections by this pathogen in the Community closer to 150.

12:15 ERTES IN OURENSE | There are already 3,718 companies from Ourense that have requested an ERTE, according to the latest data from the Xunta. This figure implies 14,708 workers in the province.

In the whole of Galicia, there are 30,463 companies and 159,385 workers.

11:52 PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE 24h | Galicians will have a psychological care telephone number, at least for the duration of the confinement, which will be operational 24 hours a day, by virtue of an agreement between the Xunta and the College of Psychologists of Galicia.

The vice-president of the Galician Government, Alfonso Rueda, has announced it, and has added that the "infrastructure" of the psychological care that Sergas already provides will be used, and all those people "who need care" and call 112 to request it , may be "referred" and attended "in real time", 24 hours a day.

11:48 | The Galician Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (Fegamp) has transferred to the Government Delegation a notice about the displacement of people that could take place next week, on the occasion of Easter. In recent days, "several town halls" in the community have informed the federation that "they were perceiving preparations for second homes in their corresponding demarcations."

11:35 UPDATE OF DATA IN SPAIN | The country registers its first drop in the number of deaths this week: 932 in the last 24 hours. According to Health data, 10,935 people have died since the start of the health crisis.

The number of infected is 117,710 -7,472 are new-. More than 56,000 patients have been hospitalized. Also, 6,416 patients are admitted to the ICU, 324 more, and another 8,270 more people have recovered from COVID-19, which is now 30,513, according to the latest data provided by the department directed by Salvador Illa.

11:17 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BENEFITS FOR SELF-EMPLOYED AND ERTES | The Ministry of Culture and Sports has published this Friday on its website two guides with frequently asked questions about the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity of the self-employed and the application of the ERTE (temporary employment regulation files), to help alleviate the effects derived from Covid-19 in the field of culture, as reported in a statement.

11:00 ILLEGAL MASKS IN ALLARIZ | The Organic Unit of the Judicial Police of the Command of the Civil Guard of Ourense has immobilized 878 masks in a company in Allariz and has processed 20 complaints for non-compliance with the manufacturing, distribution and commercialization process by two companies.

10:20 YOLANDA DÍAZ ON THE RADIO | The minister opens the door to an extension of the confinement in Spain.

9:50 PORTUGAL EXCEEDS 9,000 CONTAGES | The Portuguese authorities have raised this Thursday the provisional number of people infected by coronavirus above 9,000, of which more than 200 have lost their lives due to the Covid-19 disease. Specifically, the Portuguese General Directorate of Health has registered in the In the last 24 hours, 783 new infections, bringing the total balance to 9,034. Of these, at least 1,124 have been identified as professionals in the health sector.

9:20 GERMANY EXCEEDS 1,100 DEATHS | The death toll from the coronavirus rose in the last 24 hours in Germany by 145 to 1,017, while the number of infections, with 6,174 more than a day ago, reached 79,696, the German health authorities reported. The Institute's figures Robert Koch, the competent center for epidemiology in Germany, updated at 08.10 today (06.10 GMT) are still below those of Johns Hopkins University - with a more dynamic data collection method -, which places the number of infected at 84,794 and the death toll at 1,107.

8:30 PAYMENT OF SUBSIDIES | Several Spanish banks, including Abanca, have come together to advance the payment of subsidies for COVID-19 starting this morning.

8:10 101 CASES IN A SINGLE DAY IN OURENSE

The data shows, in addition to the infections, four deaths on Thursday, which demonstrates the force with which the virus is hitting the province.

7:40 UNITED STATES EXCEEDS 6,000 DEATHS

This Thursday, the United States has surpassed the barrier of 6,000 deaths from the coronavirus, while positive cases already number at more than 245,000, according to the latest balance from Johns Hopkins University. Specifically, the aforementioned compilation figures at 6,053 confirmed deaths so far in the North American country, with New York City in the lead, since it has registered a total of 1,562 deaths. Behind, and at a great distance, is the city of Wayne, in Michigan, with 194 fatalities from Covid-19.

07:05 1,900 MILLION EMERGENCY TO FIGHT THE VIRUS

The World Bank today announced the approval of a $1.9 billion emergency financial package to help its member countries cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic through a rapid disbursement window. The country that will benefit most from this first consignment of financial aid is India, which will receive one billion dollars, while in Latin America and the Caribbean the nations that will access this financing are Argentina, with 35 million dollars, as well as Ecuador, Haiti and Paraguay, each of them with 20 million.

23:30 SHOTS DURING THE APPLAUSE OF THE SANITARY CARE

A man has been arrested for apparently firing half a dozen shots from a balcony in Cala de Finestrat (Alicante) into the street during the applause at 8:00 p.m. the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Investigation sources have reported that the person arrested is a man of Bulgarian nationality who has lived in Cala de Finestrat for many years.

23:10 2,335 DEATHS IN CATALONIA

Catalonia has reached 2,335 coronavirus deaths this Thursday (242 more than those registered the day before) and in the last few hours it has confirmed 1,656 new cases, bringing the total number to 23,460, the Generalitat Health Department has reported it's a statement.

23:00 ITALY, ALMOST 14,000 DEATHS

Italy this Thursday exceeded 115,000 positive cases of the new coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan and the death toll is very close to 14,000, according to the latest data provided by the head of Civil Protection, Angelo Borrelli. In total, in the last 24 hours another 2,477 new cases have been registered, a figure slightly lower than that of Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 115,242. As regards fatalities, "unfortunately" another 760 have been registered, Borrelli has indicated, which places the total at 13,915.

22:50 THE CORONAVIRUS REVISITS CAMERA CAFÉ FOR A GOOD CAUSE

22:30 SAD FAREWELL IN VILARDEVÓS

22:00 MORE THAN ONE MILLION CONTACTED BY CORONAVIRUS WORLDWIDE

More than a million people have been infected and 51,000 have died from COVID-19, the coronavirus disease, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.

21:55 PORTUGAL HARDENS ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY

Portugal extended this Thursday the state of emergency that has been in force since March 19 with new, more restrictive measures to deal with the impact of the coronavirus, which has already caused 209 deaths and more than 9,000 infections in the country.

21:49 | This is how two people from Ourense who live in New York and Romania experience the coronavirus crisis:

21:38 | Nature makes its way in the empty city. The ducks are the new owners of some streets in Ourense:

21:24 | This is the support center for carriers and security forces in Pazo dos Deportes "Paco Paz":

20:56 | The singer and actor Fran Perea has managed to sneak into the Twitter trends by rescuing his song "La vida al revés" -from the series "Los Serrano"- and interpreting it with fellow musician and actor and co-star Víctor Elías.

20:38 | The Government conditions the extension of the State of Alarm to the evolution of the pandemic in the coming days.

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has conditioned this Thursday that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, ask the Congress of Deputies for a new extension of the State of Alarm to the evolution of the pandemic in the coming days, and always following the criteria of the scientific committee. "We are facing a dynamic situation and daily evaluation of the development of the pandemic," he stated.

The Minister of Science and Innovation, Pedro Duque, has advanced that Spanish science will "probably before the end of April" have a first candidate for a vaccine against Covid-19. Specifically, it is the vaccine that Luis Enjuanes and Isabel Sola are investigating at the National Center for Biotechnology of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CNB-CSIC).

20:35 | The latest hoax on WhatsApp: "Tea with lemon eliminates the coronavirus"

20:32 Manu Chao only needs a guitar to cheer you up during your quarantine. These are the acoustic versions that the musician is sharing on his YouTube channel these days:

20:05 | Confinement does not end with nice gestures between neighbors... nor with birthdays! In the Concello de Carballiño, this Friday morning four children in the town had their birthdays, and this was the congratulations of their neighbors:

19:51 Batet will promote investing the money saved by Congress against COVID-19 | The president of Congress, Meritxell Batet, will promote allocating the savings derived from the suspension of parliamentary activity to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in Spain. This was announced by sources from the Presidency of the Lower House this Thursday, who are advancing that a proposal in this regard will be analyzed at the next meeting of the Bureau.

What Batet wants is to quantify the money that right now, with activity suspended and with hardly any travel by deputies, is being saved. For this reason, he has asked the General Secretariat of Congress for "a monthly estimate" of that saving.

19:35 FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF IN OURENSE | The city joins the mourning of other towns for those who died from coronavirus

19:22 THE INTERIOR MINISTERS, FERNANDO GRANDE-MARLASKA AND SCIENCE, PEDRO DUQUE, APPEAR | The increase in infections has been 8%, below last week. Nearly 27,000 people have overcome the disease.

19:10 NEW CASE IN O CARBALLIÑO

The region of O Carballiño registers a new case of coronavirus. This is an 84-year-old woman from O Irixo who remains hospitalized.

19:00 A STORE IN OURENSE IS ROBBED AND LOCATED BY THE MILITARY

Agents of the National Attached Police of Ourense have proceeded to arrest a man from Asturias as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of robbery with intimidation after being intercepted by soldiers from the Army after stealing, at knifepoint, 35 euros in a shop in Ourense.

18:50 THE PEAK OF ADMITTED TO THE ICU, ON APRIL 9?

The peak of infections in Spain due to coronavirus has been exceeded, while that of hospitalized patients occurred on March 31 and that of those admitted to ICUs will be reached on Wednesday, April 9 at the national level, a day before in the Community Valenciana, according to a study by mathematicians from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV).

18:30 EL PACO PAZ, SUPPORT CENTER FOR CARRIERS AND SECURITY FORCES

The Ourense Provincial Council will set up the Pazo de Deportes "Paco Paz" as a support center for carriers and essential personnel, as of this Friday, during the state of alarm due to the coronavirus health crisis.

18:15 NEARLY ONE MILLION CONTACTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that this Friday or Saturday there will be more than a million people infected with the new coronavirus and 50,000 deaths from this cause. During the inauguration of the second meeting of the so-called `WHO Mission against Covid-19`, Tedros recalled that the new coronavirus, whose existence was unknown until three months ago, has revealed the "weaknesses and inequities" health and social systems, "lack of preparedness" and "gaps" that exist in supply chains and other essential systems.

18:00 FOUR BIRTHDAYS OF LITTLE PEOPLE IN O CARBALLIÑO

17:35 EIGHT DEATHS BRING THE DEATHS IN GALICIA TO 138

Eight other people admitted with coronavirus in Galician hospitals have died this Thursday, as confirmed by health sources, who have reported that they are 5 men and 3 women. These deaths bring the number of fatalities from COVID-19 to 138. Thus, at the Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital in Vigo, the deaths of four men aged 74, 80, 81 and 89 years of age, and a 93-year-old woman have been reported; and a 75-year-old man has died at the Lucus Augusti Hospital in Lugo.

Sanidade has also reported the death of two women, one of 87 years of age, in the HM Rosaleda hospital in Santiago, and another of 86 years in the University Hospital Complex of Santiago.

17:15 THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF OURENSE, PARALYZED

Our photographers have captured the paralysis of the neighborhoods in the city during the state of alarm.

16:40 ABELLÁS, TIZÓN AND FRANCISCO GIVE UP THE DIETS | The two PSOE deputies in Congress, Adolfo Pérez Abellás and Uxía Tizón, and the socialist senator Juan Carlos Francisco have decided to donate to social entities the allowances they receive for diets and displacement while the coronavirus crisis lasts. The amount is around 1900 euros per head each month.

15:40 ATLÉTICO DE MADRID LOWERS THEIR SALARY | The Atlético de Madrid first team will see their salary reduced by 70% due to the Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE), and has agreed to complement, together with the rojiblanco Management Committee, the salary of the 430 club employees affected by the ERTE.

15:25 6 MILLION MORE UNEMPLOYED IN THE UNITED STATES | Weekly requests for unemployment benefits registered last week the largest increase in the entire historical series, with an increase of more than three million requests compared to the figure recorded in the previous seven days, reaching a record of 6.65 million claimants, according to data from the US Department of Labor. The previous record in weekly claims for unemployment benefits had been recorded just the previous week, when 3.3 million claims were filed. All states reported an increase in jobless claims in the past week, with California leading the way with 878,727 claims, ahead of Pennsylvania (405,880) and New York (366,403).

15:05 INVESTMENTS TO AVOID LAYOFFS | The European Commission has presented this Thursday its proposal to create a common unemployment fund of 100,000 million euros to avoid massive layoffs in countries hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, such as Spain and Italy, through loans with "favorable conditions". "The head of the Community Executive Ursula von der Leyen has presented the legislative proposal at a press conference, which will be temporary and will now go to the table of the EU Finance Ministers at their meeting next Tuesday. The German has trusted that it will be approved quickly.

14:45 THE UNIVERSITY, WITHOUT CLASSES UNTIL NEXT YEAR | Minister Castells hands over the responsibility of concluding the course and the evaluation to the autonomies.

14:20 THE JEMAD CONFIRMS 230 SOLDIER CONTACTED | The Armed Forces already have a total of 230 soldiers infected with coronavirus and another 3,194 in isolation for having been in direct contact with someone infected, as detailed this Thursday by the Chief of Defense Staff (JEMAD), General Miguel Ángel Villarroya. The number of soldiers positive for COVID-19 has increased a bit in recent days but it is still low compared to the total number of members of the Armed Forces, around 120,000 troops.

14:05 NEW POSITIVE IN TRIVES | A new positive brings to 5 those detected in the Concello de A Pobra de Trives.

13:13 SIMÓN: "THE OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO OVERCROWD THE ICUS AT THIS MOMENT" | In quarantine, Fernando Simón, affirms that the "peak is no longer important, since in some autonomies it is already descending. Now the objective is not to saturate the ICUs so as not to collapse the service."

12:50 OURENSE ACCUMULATES A THIRD OF THE CONTAGES IN GALICIA

In the last 24 hours, Ourense added more than a hundred cases of coronavirus, practically a third of the total registered in Galicia, where there are 4,379 active cases. In the province of Ourense the figure stands at 660, which represents a rise of more than 18%.

12:40 LIVE, THE COVID-19 MONITORING COMMITTEE

Follow the appearance of the Coronavirus Technical Management Committee live. The Ministry of Health has confirmed this Thursday a total of 10,003 deaths after adding a new daily record with another 950 deaths in the last 24 hours, in which 8,102 more infected have also been recorded, which already reach the figure of 110,238.

In the last few hours, more than 80 complaints have been registered and

12:39 RIBADAVIA ADDS 10 POSITIVES

The Council of Ribadavia registers ten positive cases of coronavirus.

12:38 ILLA: "WE BEGIN THE SLOW DOWN PHASE"

The Minister of Health confirms that the coronavirus is in the stabilization phase and that it is beginning to slow down.

12:34 THE CORONAVIRUS INCREASES UNEMPLOYMENT IN GALICIA BY 5%

The number of unemployed registered in the offices of the public employment services (formerly Inem) increased by 8,252 in Galicia in March in relation to the previous month, representing an increase of 4.96%. In Ourense, the registered increase is 925 people, 5.3% more. In the following link, you can check the evolution of unemployment through graphs.

12:30 JUAN SALAZAR, FROM LOS CHUNGUITOS, ADMITTED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE

Singer Juan Salazar, known for forming the duo Los Chunguitos with his brother José, is hospitalized due to COVID-19. A hospital admission that adds to that of the thousands of citizens who these days are facing this pandemic due to coronavirus COVID-19.

12:15 GALICIA RECORDS 130 DEATHS

The latest deaths registered in the Community bring the number of deaths due to the coronavirus to 130.

12:06 THE MINISTER OF HEALTH APPEARS BEFORE THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS

The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, appears live before the Health Commission to comment on the latest data on the pandemic in Spain, the second country in Europe most affected by the coronavirus.

The death toll stands at 10,003, an increase of 10.5% from yesterday. The data indicates that we are beginning the slowdown phase.

The minister reviews the measures adopted in the last week by the Government to help combat the pandemic. "The effect of the measures is not immediate, but has to be verified in the coming days."

Illa explains how the measures affect the economy but points out that for it to come first again, "now the first thing is health."

11:59 GALICIA RECORDS NINE DEATHS, TWO IN VERÍN

The Ministry of Health reports the death of another nine people in Galicia, including two people admitted to the Verín hospital, an 84-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man. These deaths rise to 130 Deaths registered in Galician hospitals.

11:45 POSITIVE IN SAN AMARO

The City Council of San Amaro has its first positive. A retired neighbor who is already complying with the protocol established under home isolation and who is evolving favorably, according to council sources.

11:38 NEW DEATH RECORD IN SPAIN: 950 IN 24 HOURS

The Ministry of Health has confirmed this Thursday a total of 10,003 deaths with coronavirus after adding a new daily record with another 950 deaths in the last 24 hours, in which 8,102 more infected have also been recorded, which already reach the figure of 110,238.

11:15 MONFORTE REQUESTS A NEW INTERVENTION FROM UME

The mayor of the Lugués municipality of Monforte de Lemos, José Tomé Roca, has contacted the Subdelegate of the Government in Lugo, María Isabel Rodríguez, to request a new intervention from the UME in order to disinfect the hospital again and nursing homes. The mayor has sent it to the subdelegate through a formal request, after the second positive case of coronavirus was confirmed on March 30 at the Geriatros residence.

11:00 A YOUNG MAN PENDING ARREST BY BICI ON THE N-120 IS INTERCEPTED AT EARLY MORNING

A resident of Maside, who had an arrest warrant, was intercepted by the agents when he was riding a bicycle on the N-120 as he passed through Bobadela. The events occurred at 3:00 a.m.

10:50 MANAGED 620,000 ERTES SINCE THE CRISIS BEGAN

The public employment services (SEPE) have managed 620,000 temporary employment regulation (ERTE) files since the Council of Ministers approved the simplification mechanism to respond to the COVID-19 crisis until this Thursday.

Díaz has indicated that "in just 24 hours the SEPE has managed 98,000 ERTEs", while since the measures began they have attended 186,000 telephone efforts, to which another 7 million are added electronically or through social networks

10:45 TORRA ACCUSES THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LACK OF SANITARY MATERIAL

The president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, has blamed the central government for the lack of sanitary material to deal with the coronavirus, since he has assured that only between 8 and 10 percent of the material used by the Government comes from the Executive of Pedro Sánchez: "We cannot expect anything from Madrid because nothing arrives from Madrid".

10:35 BRUSSELS PRESENTS A PLAN TO AVOID LAYOFFS IN SPAIN AND ITALY

The European Commission presents this Thursday its proposal to create a short-term European unemployment fund with which it intends to support the labor markets of countries especially hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and which is designed in particular to avoid a wave layoffs in Spain and Italy.

10:20 THE GENERALITAT ASKS THE ARMY TO SEND DOCTORS AND NURSES

The Catalan Minister of Health, Alba Vergés, has asked the Army by letter not only to help by setting up field hospitals or disinfecting spaces, but also to send doctors and nurses, given the current situation of Catalan hospitals, which are "at the limit".

10:15 LIVE, PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE MINISTERS ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT DATA

The Minister of Labor and the Minister of Inclusion and Social Security appear to explain the latest unemployment data.

The services sector was the most affected by unemployment in the month of March due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. It is followed by construction, industry and agriculture.

"We are in an exceptional situation," says Minister Yolanda Díaz, who explains that from March 1 to 13 the Spanish economy lived a normal situation.

In 24 hours, more than 98,000 employment regulation files were processed.

The Government allocates 1.2 million euros for unemployment benefit payrolls.

The minister confirms that this Friday many workers will begin to receive their payroll thanks to the advance of the banking entities.

The Minister of Inclusion and Social Security, José Luis Escrivá, appeared: "The impact of unemployment is very different depending on the sector." Construction, hospitality, and artistic and leisure activities are the sectors most affected by the loss of affiliates.

9:55 OURENSE HAS MORE THAN 900 UNEMPLOYED IN MARCH

Slightly more than 900 unemployed have been added to the Ministry of Labor register to measure labor behavior for March, the first with data on the labor impact of the coronavirus and which does not account for the consequences of the Employment Regulation File (ERTE) .

9:48 DENMARK REFUSES TO SEND AID TO SPAIN AND ITALY

The Danish government has rejected a request from various parties to study sending aid in the form of material or personnel to Spain and Italy due to the coronavirus pandemic, although it defends strengthening collaboration through the European Union (EU). The Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeppe Kofod, stressed that the pandemic is still in its initial phase and that the priority of the health authorities must be to concentrate all efforts in Denmark. "

The Minister of Economy, Employment and Industry, Francisco Conde, resolved the key economic doubts in the middle of the crisis at the La Región Forum. Here you can consult his intervention again

9:30 ALMOST A THOUSAND SANCTIONS PROCESSED IN OURENSE

Since March 15, the security forces have processed almost a thousand sanctions. Most of them, punished with 601 euros, are for not identifying themselves before the agents, resisting or giving false information.

9:15 UNEMPLOYMENT IN GALICIA RISES BY MORE THAN 8,000 PEOPLE

The number of unemployed registered in the public employment services rose in Galicia in March by 8,252 people, 6.96%, up to 174,481 unemployed, according to data published this Thursday by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.9: 00 THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS CAUSES THE LARGEST DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN HISTORY

Social Security lost 833,979 affiliates at the end of March due to the impact of COVID-19, which represents the largest drop in its history and leaves the number of contributors at 18.4 million, according to data provided by the Government. Regarding unemployment, the Public State Employment Service (SEPE) has added 302,265 new applicants last month, which leaves the total number of unemployed at 3.54 million, the highest increase in monthly unemployment in history.

8:50 "THE PANDEMIC DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HOLIDAYS"

Germany joins Italy and extends the confinement until April 19 and the Government urges the population to stay at home and cancel their trips for Easter.

8:35 THE FIGURES OF THE PANDEMIC: ALMOST ONE MILLION CASES

Some 940,000 people have contracted the coronavirus worldwide, according to official data that raises the number of people who have died as of Thursday over 47,000 from a pandemic that has already affected 180 countries. The United States, which for a week has been the country most affected by number of cases, again added more than 25,000 cases on Wednesday in the last 24 hours and exceeds 216,000, practically double the infections confirmed by Italy and Spain. More than 5,100 people have died in the North American country.

8:20 STL CARRIES OUT AN ERTE THAT AFFECTS 533 WORKERS

Sociedad Textil Lonia (STL) reached an agreement to present a suspension file after more than a week of negotiations. The ERTE affects 533 workers, which represents 75% of the staff. The number of workers from Ourense affected by an ERTE now stands at 14,142.

8:00 INCREASE IN DEATHS IN OURENSE

The trend of the coronavirus seems to be continuing in Ourense compared to the last few days, after one more day a low rate of new infections was maintained and 39 positives were counted, bringing active cases to 559. The negative part is that the province It already exceeds twenty deaths.

The greatest concern now falls on the capacity of hospital care to support the disembarkation of infected patients, especially with regard to ICUs, units in which in Ourense there were, according to the latest data provided by Sergas, a total of 16 people, all "with a serious prognosis".

7:50 THE PENTAGON WILL PROVIDE 100,000 BAGS FOR DEATHLY VICTIMS

The US Department of Defense is seeking to provide up to 100,000 military-style body bags for civilian use for the potential deaths the coronavirus can cause in the US.

20:40 ANOTHER FIVE PEOPLE DIE FROM CORONAVIRUS IN GALICIA | The coronavirus pandemic has caused the death of five other people in Galicia in the last few hours, three men aged 75, 83 and 85 admitted to the Santiago University Hospital Complex (CHUS), a 91-year-old woman treated at the HULA in Lugo and a 58-year-old man at the Ourense University Hospital Complex, the Ministry of Health has reported. The current health crisis, the same source has indicated, adds a balance to date in the Community of a total of 120 fatalities.

20:28 THERE ARE ALREADY 31 GALICIANS DEATHED IN HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY | The number of users of residences for the elderly in Galicia infected by coronavirus who have died rises to 31, while the infections are 521, 393 among residents and 128 among workers, according to data released by the Ministry of Social Policy.

20:27 | Abanca will anticipate to its clients on April 3, six days in advance of the scheduled payment date, the amount corresponding to the unemployment benefits of which they are beneficiaries. In a statement, the financial institution has explained that this measure, Developed in collaboration with the Public State Employment Service (SEPE), its objective is to contribute to alleviating the economic and social consequences derived from the current health crisis, especially in the case of groups in a situation of greater vulnerability.

20:15 ACCIDENT IN VERÍN | A truck transporting textile material to make masks suffered an accident at dawn this Wednesday in Verín (Ourense) when it was covering a route between Portugal and England. According to the Civil Guard, the driver of the vehicle, of Polish origin, suffered a road exit at kilometer 10 of the A-75 in the A-52 direction, after running into several signs, although without overturning despite the unevenness

19:58 | The representative of Galicia en Común in Congress Antón Gómez-Reino has received a medical discharge after testing negative for the coronavirus, a disease that was diagnosed on March 15.

19:44 VIGO | The "patient zero" of the coronavirus pandemic registered in the Vigo health area, a neighboring carrier from Moaña (Pontevedra), has been discharged this Wednesday, as confirmed by health sources. The 43-year-old man was admitted at the Vigo hospital on March 1, when he was diagnosed with pneumonia, although he was not initially isolated since, at that time, he "did not meet the criteria" to be considered a patient with COVID-19.

19:15 | The Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos, has not ruled out an extension of the state of alarm in Spain beyond April 11. In a telematic press conference from Moncloa, Ábalos assured that the Government currently has no forecast of new restriction measures or a possible extension of the current state of alarm. "It will be seen depending on the result of the current measures and the health data," he said in this regard.

However, he flatly ruled out that on the occasion of Holy Week any of the measures will be made more flexible. "The current strategy is to reduce mobility to the maximum and the plans we have are to continue maintaining this strictly reduced mobility," he asserted.

On the other hand, Ábalos considers that the data on the decrease in mobility registered in the first days of this week reflect that the measures to paralyze non-essential economic activity are achieving their objective.

"The mobility figures present almost testimonial figures, with which the Decree approved on Sunday is managing to further reduce mobility until it is close to the levels of alert status on weekends, which is the objective we were pursuing" the minister declared.

19:04 MORE THAN 70,000 LAID-OFFS IN GALICIA | More than 70,000 layoffs will take place in Galicia once the coronavirus health crisis is over, according to an estimate made by the Foundation for Applied Economics Studies (Fedea).

The study, compiled by Europa Press, carried out by professors Florentino Felgueroso, José Ignacio García Pérez and Sergi Jiménez, estimates the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on employment and its entry and exit flows. At the Spanish level, it foresees that there may be 1.3 million layoffs, which may occur "suddenly" once the health emergency is over. Thus, the Galician case would account for 7.1% of the total.

18:47 | The extraordinary Governing Board of the Provincial Council of Ourense has approved this Wednesday, in a telematic meeting, to allocate a budget of 300,000 euros to associations and entities in the social field of the province to help them deal with the consequences of the coronavirus crisis.

18:40 | The MITEU, the International University Theater Festival of Ourense, postpones the celebration of its 25th anniversary until the first half of July.

18:25 | Italy adds 727 deaths and 4,782 infections in the last 24 hours. The daily number of deaths is less than the 837 registered the day before: in total, 13,155 people have already died.

18:11 | Follow live the press conference of the Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos, and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Luis Planas.

17:49 CORONAVIRUS IN OURENSE | According to the latest balance of the CHUO, there are 20 total deaths in the province at the moment. On the other hand, workers from the Montefiz and Monteledo centers for minors, managed by the Diagrama Foundation, have denounced this Wednesday the lack of individual protection equipment in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the "confinement" of these minors in the facilities with the consequent risk of contagion.

In another order of things, the Department of the Environment of Ourense, in collaboration with the group Big Van Ciencia, has launched a new online educational project in order to help families bring science closer to the little ones , as well as entertain children learning. Thus, every Thursday a new program will be launched where science and humor come together to entertain and amuse the whole family. The activity can be viewed, openly and free of charge, on the YouTube channel of the Department of the Environment.

17:34 A CORUÑA | The A Coruña field hospital will be ready in "a few days", as stated by the manager of this health area, Luis Verde Remseiro, after a visit, together with the director of Assistance Processes, Antón Fernández, to the ExpoCoruña site where this hospital will be located. facility.

17:19 PORTUGAL | Portugal already registers 187 deaths and 8,251 infected by coronavirus, an increase of 16.8% and 10.8%, respectively, while the Government begins to educate the population to prepare for an extension of isolation, which can last even three months.

17:03 VIGO | The Local Police of Vigo has sanctioned 32 people this Tuesday for breaching the confinement and, since the entry into force of the state of alarm decreed by the health crisis, it has already filed 541 complaints for this reason.

16:40 15 POSITIVES IN A CENTER IN SARRIA | A Care Center for People with Disabilities (CAPD) in the municipality of Sarria (Lugo) has registered 15 positive cases of coronavirus COVID-19. This has been confirmed by sources consulted by Europa Press, who have indicated that in the last hours eight workers and seven users of this center have tested positive for coronavirus.

16:10 TWO MILLION MASKS | The Xunta de Galicia has reported this Wednesday the arrival in Galician territory of two new batches of medical supplies with a total of close to two million masks, which will be distributed among hospitals, health centers and social-health residences.

15:40 THEFT OF EQUIPMENT AT THE TENERIFE HOSPITAL | Agents of the National Police have arrested a worker at the Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra. de Candelaria for stealing sanitary material to later sell it, as reported at the press conference of the coronavirus steering committee and sources of the National Police. Apparently , the woman took advantage of her job as a cleaner at the hospital to steal masks, vinyl gloves and disinfectant gel. With this he made `packs` that he later sold for 20 euros in the neighborhoods of Añaza and Santa María del Mar.

15:05 AN INTERNED DIED IN THE RESIDENCE OF OS MILAGROS | The San Carlos Residence in the town confirmed this morning the death of a person who had tested positive for Covid-19 and who was in the center set up by the Xunta in Os Milagros.

14:50 CATALONIA RECOMMENDS NOT ENTERING PEOPLE OVER 80 YEARS OLD | The Ministry of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Emergency Medical System (SEM) have recommended that health professionals not admit patients over 80 years of age to Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the framework of the coronavirus pandemic , according to an internal statement from the Ministry consulted by Europa Press. In the document, advanced by Betevé, the department urges to "avoid admissions of patients with little benefit, either due to respiratory pathologies due to Covid-19 or other pathologies that condition the critical state".

14:40 3,000 MILLION LOSSES | The national hotel industry is already calculating the losses that the stoppage in its economic activity and the months after the state of alarm will entail.

14:15 LIVE | The Ministers of Health and Consumption appear to explain the measures that the Government has taken in recent hours to deal with the economic crisis.

Salvador Illa highlighted in his speech that "The measures adopted by the government are working. According to the data we are in a stabilization phase. This slowdown is confirmed."

In the round of questions, the Minister of Health insisted on the high number of tests that are carried out. "We do between 15,000 and 20,000 tests daily."

Alberto Garzón, for his part, deals with economic measures. "We have created reimbursement methods for products and services not enjoyed. If after two months there is no agreement between the two parties, the full amount will be refunded. For subscription contracts, procedures have been established so that this service can be satisfied later, for example Also combined trips, in which there is an intermediary and a service provider. There we established that they will have the possibility of offering a voucher for one year to substitute the service in an equivalent way. If after one year it is not enjoyed, it will be refunded ".

In his speech, Garzón criticizes "some funeral homes, which raised the price, increasing the suffering of families. That is why we have set the price to avoid speculative movements."

Regarding gambling, "we have detected a growth problem in online gambling. We have prohibited advertising in any format, except on television between one and five in the morning," reports the Minister of Consumer Affairs.

13:44 ABASCAL: "WE ARE ON THE EDGE OF A CRIMINAL DICTATORSHIP"

The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, stated this Wednesday that Spain is "on the verge of a criminal dictatorship" due to the "negligence" of the coalition government of Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias, which "those who do not die" they lead to "socialist ruin". Abascal has made these statements in a message on the networks, in which he criticizes that "instead of buying Sánchez protection measures from Iglesias they have bought the media".

13:40 FILING OF THE COMPLAINT FOR THE DEATH OF ELDERLY IN RESIDENCES |

The State Attorney General has decreed the file after the complaint filed on March 23 by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles

13:30 QUIM TORRA, NEGATIVE IN COVID-19

The president of Catalonia has tested negative for the coronavirus, after 15 days of confinement.

13:10 COVID-19 IN SPAIN, IN GRAPHICS

Coronavirus cases do not stop growing in Spain. The Ministry of Health has confirmed 102,136 cases with more than 9,000 deaths so far. In Galicia, the last eleven deaths have placed the balance at 115.

At this link you can consult a series of graphs on the coronavirus data in national territory.

13:00 IN OURENSE: A MAN WITH EXPULSION ORDER SKIPS THE CONFINEMENT

A man of Brazilian nationality has been intercepted in Ourense for not respecting the rules on confinement. The man had an expulsion order pending from Spain, reports the Civil Guard. The individual was detected at a vehicle control on a section of the AG-53 motorway in a car with another person, both disobeying the movement restriction regulations imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus.

12:48 OURENSE DATA

The evolution of the new cases in Ourense remains in line with the previous days, with an increase of around 7% to reach 559 active patients, an increase similar to that in Galicia as a whole, with 4,058 cases. In the last hours, two new deaths have been registered in the province, both admitted to the CHUO, which brings the number of Ourense victims to 18.

12:30 LATEST DATA, LIVE

The press conference of the technical and health managers begins after the Technical Management Committee of the coronavirus:

12:20 ELEVEN NEW DEATHS IN GALICIA

Eleven people have died in Galicia from the coronavirus in the last few hours, bringing the number of deaths to 115. There are four men aged 79,70,78 and 90 who were admitted to the Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital (Vigo); two men aged 92 and 86 admitted to CHUAC (A Coruña); an 86-year-old man admitted to the Virxe da Xunqueira de Cee Hospital (A Coruña); two men aged 71 and 91 admitted to the HULA (Lugo); and a woman and a man aged 85 and 88 admitted to the Ourense University Hospital Complex.

12:00 THE MOTHER OF MIGUEL ÁNGEL BLANCO PASSED AWAY

Consuelo Garrido, the mother of Ermua PP mayor Miguel Ángel Blanco, assassinated by ETA in 1997, has died a victim of the coronavirus, as lamented this Wednesday by the PP-Cs candidate for lehendakari, Carlos Iturgaiz.

The mother of the PP councilor murdered by ETA, a native of Faramontaos in A Merca, has died a month after her husband

11:50 POSITIVE IN WATERMELONS

The City Council of Sandiás confirms its first positive while waiting for the results of two other people.

11:39 MORE THAN 100,000 CONTAGES IN SPAIN

Health confirms that Spain has reached 102,136 infections and 9,053 deaths from the coronavirus, after 864 people died on Tuesday.

11:30 WIDE ITALY IN CONFINEMENT

The Italian Health Minister, Roberto Speranza, confirmed this Wednesday that the confinement measures will be extended until April 13, when the Easter festivities end.

11:00 CATALONIA RECOMMENDS NOT ADMISSION TO THE ICU FOR OVER 80 YEARS OLD

The Generalitat asks health personnel to prioritize resources taking into account years of life saved, therefore it recommends that people over 80 years of age not be admitted to the ICU. This should never be the only criteria, functional status and chronic problems are also taken into account.

10:45 DISINFECTION OF PUBLIC SPACES IN CENLLE

The City Council of Cenlle continues with the disinfection of public spaces. Intensifying the work mainly around public buildings such as a health center, town hall, as well as streets and squares.

10:34 IFEMA ENABLES ITS FIRST BEDS IN ICU

Ifema halls 7 and 9 are already operating at full capacity as field hospitals, with a capacity of 1,500 beds, of which 800 are occupied.

10:30 HOW WILL THE CRISIS AFFECT THE GALICIAN ECONOMY?

The Minister of Economy, Employment and Industry, Francisco Conde, is participating this afternoon in the La Región Forum, which will be held virtually, to answer questions from citizens about the implications of the current crisis. To send your questions you can do it through email [email protected], Facebook and Twitter of La Región, through WhatsApp at the number 638861981 or by calling live during the program at the telephone number 988384557.

10:20 CANARY ISLANDS RECEIVES THE FIRST RESPIRATORS

This Tuesday, the Canary Islands received a total of 28 respirators for patients affected by coronavirus, which belong to the first shipment of this stock that the Ministry of Health had promised to distribute with the autonomous communities.

In this same shipment, 500 FFP2 masks have been included for the protection of personnel who work directly with coronaviruses and 32,000 surgical masks that the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) will allocate to Primary Care centers, as reported by the Regional government in a press release.

10:10 "WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH TWO VERY DIFFICULT WEEKS"

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has warned this Tuesday that the North American country will face "two very difficult weeks" in the framework of the crisis derived from the coronavirus.

"I want all Americans to be prepared for the hard days ahead. We are going to have a very difficult two weeks," Trump said. However, the president has expressed his hope that the United States can see "light at the end of the tunnel" after those two weeks, according to the CNN television network.

10:00 Türkiye SENDS SANITARY EQUIPMENT TO SPAIN

The Turkish government sent a military cargo plane with medical supplies on Wednesday to help healthcare personnel in Spain and Italy manage the coronavirus crisis. The aid package consists of masks, glasses and protective suits for health personnel and disinfectant gels, according to the official Anadolu agency. 9:44 BAGS FALL

The downward trend of the Spanish Stock Market is repeated in the rest of the European Stock Markets due to the US indices after the warnings issued by the US Government due to the scope of the coronavirus.

9:40 THE BRILAT IS DEPLOYED TODAY IN OURENSE

This Wednesday Brilat deploys units in the towns of Ourense, Pontevedra, Poio and O Porriño, as well as in the Asturian towns of Oviedo and Gijón as part of its work on the coronavirus health crisis.

9:30 HOW DOES THE PANDEMIC AFFECT THE EMPLOYMENT PLANE IN THE PROVINCE?

A third of the Ourense population, 30,000 of the 102,000 sharp workers work in one of the essential activities, although in many cases there are companies that continue to operate, such as vehicle repair shops or their spare parts suppliers, which despite being able to open, they do it in minimum services, and they have had to undertake different ERTEs.

9:15 APRIL BEGINS WITH THE FALL OF THE IBEX 35

The Ibex 35 began the session this Wednesday with a fall of 2.51%, which has led the selective to stand at 6,613.20 integers at 9:01 a.m., after ending the worst month in its history with a fall of 22.21% in March and losing close to 30% of its value so far this year, in an environment marked by uncertainty and nervousness due to the spread of the coronavirus.

Yesterday the stock market closed with a rise of 1.88% on a day in which new economic measures were approved to combat the coronavirus. Specifically, the Council of Ministers yesterday approved a third package of additional measures, which includes a moratorium on fees for the self-employed and SMEs, rental aid with suspension of evictions for six months for the benefit of 500,000 vulnerable families who have a rental contract, a subsidy for temporary employees and also for domestic workers, among others.

9:00 RUSSIA SENDS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO THE US

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported in a statement the departure of a Russian military transport plane bound for the United States with medical equipment to help combat the coronavirus pandemic in the North American nation. "The Russian side proposed, in the context of the serious epidemiological situation in the US, help in the field of medical equipment and means of protection. Trump appreciated this help of a humanitarian nature," he noted.

8:45 THE PANDEMIC LEAVES MORE THAN 42,000 DEAD

The coronavirus pandemic continues its advance throughout the world and accumulates more than 860,000 infected and 42,000 deaths, with the United States already as the country in which the Covid-19 disease is spreading the fastest, with a new record number of 26,400 daily cases in the last 24 hours and is already close to 190,000 cases, with more than 4,000 fatalities.

The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has confirmed that Spain is in a "stabilization" phase of the pandemic. The objective that the Government has set for itself this week is to maintain the downward trend in the number of cases.

8:20 CHINA ANNOUNCES CONFIRMS 130 ASYMPTOMATIC CASES

China announced that it detected 130 new cases of asymptomatic coronavirus infection in the country on Tuesday, the first time it has reported such people, who are carriers of the virus but do not show any symptoms of the disease. According to the National Health Commission, two of those 130 cases were confirmed as coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, while another 302 were discharged.

8:10 CONTAGES DECREASE IN OURENSE BUT DEATHS RISE

Ourense slows down the increase in positives but also breaks the death ceiling again, already over 100 in Galicia. For the second consecutive day, a less steep growth of new infections is observed, with 520 confirmed active cases, while the number of patients requiring hospitalization continues to increase, with a new rise also in terms of those admitted in worse condition, since that 16 of them were in the ICU "with a serious prognosis".

HERE YOU CAN READ THE NARRATION OF THE CORONAVIRUS DURING THE LAST WEEKS