In Madrid closed one of three temporary morgues

One of three temporary morgues that were opened in Madrid in connection with the epidemic of the coronavirus COVID-19 and a large number of victims at the peak, is closed, reported by the authorities of the Autonomous community.

We are talking about a temporary morgue at a private rink in the Madrid suburb of Majadahonda, which began work on 4 April.

"Today we closed the morgue in the ice Palace of Majadahonda," he wrote on Twitter the head of government of the community of Madrid Isabel díaz Also, which itself recently had a coronavirus.

During the work on the rink is temporarily stored 162 dead bodies. The body was brought by soldiers from a special unit for emergency situations of the hospitals and nursing homes. From there they were taken of a funeral service, which now bear a very large load and cannot provide storage of bodies and immediate burial of all the victims.

Meanwhile, Madrid continue to work two temporary morgue – the Ice Palace in the capital and the building intended for the Institute of forensic medical examination, which was built in the City of justice, but not used. A total of three morgue received today 1785 of dead bodies.

Spain is now in third place in the number of victims (after the US and Italy) and second in the number of identified cases COVID-19 (after the US).

Since the beginning of the epidemic and on April 14 in the country identified more than 172 cases, of whom 18 died of thousands of patients, recovered of 67.5 thousand.

In recent time there is a clear trend of a significant slowdown in the spread of the virus, the leadership of the Ministry of health says that the peak is passed.

A high alert was extended until April 26. Restrictive measures in Spain – are among the most stringent in Europe. Residents have the right to leave the house only in exceptional cases: in order to buy food, medicines, get to the hospital, to help people who can’t cope on their own, to get to work. Monday resumed work some do not the vital industries and companies, whose activity was frozen during the last two weeks.

Recent data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.