Alert in Spain for the arrival of a third wave of coronavirus more aggressive than the previous ones

Spain “is fully entering the third wave” of the coronavirus pandemic, “which will be more virulent than the previous ones,” epidemiologist Daniel López Acuña, former head of the World Health Organization, warned today ( WHO), while the campaign progress on immunization was slower than expected.

Spain received until Monday 718,575 doses of the American Pfizer vaccine, of which 82,834 were administered.

The increase in cases is due to the “relaxation” of protective measures, said López Acuña, who warned the wave would be “even more virulent” than previous ones.

“We are in an upward trend in a good part of the regions and, as a result, we are fully entering a third wave”, reiterated the doctor in statements to the Spanish media collected by the Ansa news agency.

According to him, “certain errors” were made in not decreeing “more drastic measures”, such as a short detention in November.

The vaccination campaign began in Spain on December 27 with “a little slow” paces, according to López Acuña, due to the fact that she was paralyzed in some retirement homes on December 31 and January 1.

“We have to vaccinate as if it were a military and war operation, endlessly, every day, because at the rate we are going, we will not get collective immunity at the end of the summer. in September, “he added.

Along the same lines, Health Minister Salvador Illa told a press conference that the country “is experiencing an increase in cases and the pandemic continues to grow.”

Faced with the “worrying” situation, he called on the population “not to lower their guard in the coming weeks” and stressed the need not to “relax the measures”, which some regional governments have started to tighten up today. hui.

Catalonia, for example, has imposed a municipal closure from next Thursday and for 10 days, as well as the closure of shopping centers

According to the latest data, 241 more deaths have been recorded since last Thursday, up to a total of 51,078, and 30,579 new positives have been reported, bringing the total to 1,958,844.