Time is running out in Madrid": a CSIC expert warns about

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Spain is, today, the country with the most outbreaks in Europe and the country's medical community believes that anti-coronavirus measures "are not enough . " The cases reported in the last 24 hours amount to 2,935 new infections , adding 7,550 affected people not accounted for due to a technical failure of the Community of Madrid, in the previous days - which registered 842 reports in the last 24 hours, as of August 14 of 2020—. "There is a high probability of returning to care situations as serious as those experienced during the state of alarm," warn 9 Spanish medical societies .



The medical community sounds the alarm: anti-coronavirus measures "are not enough" and we must take action to avoid a new collapse of healthcare According to Agustín Utrilla, medical director of the Ramón C Level Contact List y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, details to El Español , an increase in the curve is beginning to be noticed . "Not exaggerated, but striking," he points out. One of the statements that coincides with the analysis released by Saúl Ares, a scientist at the National Center for Biotechnology of the CSIC, who maintains that new cases, hospitalizations and occupancy in ICUs grow "very similar" to an exponential one . "Time is running out in Madrid," he says in the first of his tweets .







Quasi exponential dynamics have the property that, as soon as the numbers stop being small... it is already too late ," he explains, appealing to the authorities of the Community of Madrid. Read more: Epidemiologists warn of the risk of an explosion of infections However, despite the alarms about the increase in cases , the health authorities in charge of managing the COVID-19 pandemic deny that the increase in cases is worrying. "We are not in a serious situation, not at all, but it is true that an increase is being observed in recent days, weeks, which we are following with great attention," said Fernando Simón , director of the Alerts and Emergencies Coordination Center. Health (CCAES). However, the CSIC member scientist explains that , although it may be considered that it is not a serious situation because "the hospitals are not very full", hospitalizations, ICU reports and deaths always have a delay with respect to the diagnosis. Meanwhile, the 9 Spanish medical societies ask citizens to maintain security measures : "Always use masks , maintain a safe distance , frequently wash hands and avoid crowds; as well as comply with the indicated quarantine periods," the authorities emphasize in the statement.