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MADRID, 30 Jul – RIA Novosti. More than 40 doctors who contracted the coronavirus has died in Spain from the beginning of the epidemic, reported RIA Novosti in the State Confederation of medical unions (CESM).

every day, the Ministry of health provides data on infected doctors, nurses, and orderlies medpath. Since the beginning of the epidemic and on April 30 the diagnosis COVID-19 was placed 39 987 doctors, it is 18.7% of the total number of cases. Most of them have recovered. However, in official statistics there are no data on the lost employees of medical institutions.

“Just today killed more than forty people”, – told RIA Novosti the representative of the trade Union press liaison Laura dies.

At the peak of the disease medical staff in Spain have experienced an acute shortage of sanitary materials, for which the number of infected health care workers very much.

Spain is now in fourth place in the number of victims (after the US, Italy and the UK) and the second by the number of identified cases of infection COVID-19 (after the US). Since the epidemic began 30 April with the help of PCR tests in the country were identified 213,5 thousand cases of infection, died 24.5 thousand people, recovered 112 thousand.

Spain has passed the peak of the epidemic and “too much curve” spread of the disease. If at the peak of the growing number of identified cases was 35% for the day, today – 0,6%.

alert, introduced in Spain on March 14, was extended to 9 may inclusive. The authorities on 28 April presented a plan for gradual exit from quarantine, which consists of four stages. As stated by Prime Minister Pedro sánchez, the country can return to normal by the end of June if the situation will develop as it develops now.

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