Covid 19 slowing down in Spain

It appears for the first time in aLong time that the number of new cases of people infected with virus has dropped and the number of deaths per day has also dropped. Spain’s overall numbers are still shocking but perhaps they might have turned the corner.
Coronavirus - MONDAY 6th April

Today´s report shows the lowest figures for the last 7 days. Please, remain at home, we all are going to defeat this virus.

Our condolences to the families.

- 40.437 recovered (+ 2.357 over the previous day)

- 135.032 infected (+4.273 over the previous day)

- 13.055 deaths (+641 over the previous day)

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COVID-19 – Statistics

RECOVERED;

Tuesday 31st March.........19.259 (+ 2479)
Wednesday 1st April........22.647 (+3.338)
Thursday 2nd April..........26.743 (+4.096)
Friday 3rd April ...............30.513 (+3.770)
Saturday 4th April...........34.219 (+3.706)
Sunday 5th April..............38.080 (+3861)
Monday 6th April.............40.437(+ 2.357)

INFECTED;

Tuesday 31st March.........94.417 (+9222)
Wednesday 1st April.......102.136 (+7.719)
Thursday 2nd April.........110.238 (+8.102)
Friday 3rd April ..............117.710 (+7.472)
Saturday 4th April..........124.736 (+7.026)
Sunday 5th April.............130.759 (+6.023)
Monday 6th April.............135.032(+4.273)

DEATHS;

Tuesday 31st March.........8.189 (+849)
Wednesday 1st April........9.053 (+864)
Thursday 2nd April.........10.003 (+950)
Friday 3rd April ..............10.935 (+932)
Saturday 4th April...........11.744 (+809)
Sunday 5th April.............12.414 (+ 674)
Monday 6th April.............13.055 (+641)

Folks...Unless its completely erradicated worldwide we are back to square one if and when this lockdown restrictions are over and we start going back to our daily routines of work etc. After doing a good bit of reading on the 1918 Pandemic I dont see how we are going to fair any better now....Sorry to be a gloom merchant on this but whats the answer????

For me the news is positive, less new cases, less deaths should in turn lead to the badly overstretched resources being able to deal more quickly and effectively with the existing cases and indeed new cases. Possibly a higher ratio of ventilators to the numbers of patients that require them. After week on week increases any sign of a slow down can only be good especially if the trend continues.

A slow down in the virus is positive news for everyone Jamie. How long does this lockdown continue? It didnt take long for the virus to spread in the first place from a single source, so unless a cure or vaccine is found we are going to see it spread again as soon as were told the lockdown is over.

The travel restrictions should in my opinion continue for as long as necessary, I know for many it’s hard but the reality is that the virus has to be slowed down to a more manageable level. A vaccine would be excellent but in the mean time a reduction in deaths and painful illness would be a great start,

A slow down in the virus is positive news for everyone Jamie. How long does this lockdown continue? It didnt take long for the virus to spread in the first place from a single source, so unless a cure or vaccine is found we are going to see it spread again as soon as were told the lockdown is over.

Did I hear correctly that a Tiger in New York Zoo got the virus?? if that is true i'd imagine that is very serious

Washington post.

Coughing tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus, ‘first case of its kind’

April 6, 2020 at 11:21 a.m. GMT+1

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known animal in the United States to contract the virus, the zoo and federal officials revealed Sunday.

The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia was tested for the virus after she and several other lions and tigers came down with a dry cough starting March 27, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement. Officials believe that an asymptomatic zookeeper carrying the virus somehow transmitted the disease to the tiger while caring for the animals.

The Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the Bronx Zoo, said it wanted to test Nadia “out of an abundance of caution,” hoping to ensure “any knowledge we gain about COVID-19 will contribute to the world’s continuing understanding of this novel coronavirus.”



Her test was confirmed positive at the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories, in what the agency described as “the first case of its kind.”

The tiger’s positive diagnosis follows scattered reports around the world of other animals contracting the virus, raising concerns among pet owners about whether their animals could be at risk. Officials in Hong Kong have discovered covid-19 in at least one cat and two dogs quarantined with their infected owners, while a cat in Belgium showed some signs consistent with the virus after its owner returned from Italy and later tested positive.

Apparently 4 tigers and 3 lions. Just on sky news now

Whatever about cats and dogs. I don’t suppose many of us would be getting close enough to tigers and lions to worry about the virus. I’d be more worried about their teeth. . Seriously though I don’t think there is any evidence that animals are giving it to humans, except for the obvious one

Keep yer cats indoors.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52204534

Could cattle wormer protect us against Covid?

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/…rus-538649

Let's test it on poor Boris and his herd immunity plan