But, she added, the school was probably as safe as any child’s place on the weekend, as much as the child was more likely to catch a Covid-1 catch at a family weekend getaway, or going out in the park.
“We don’t know, because the virus is everywhere,” he said. Ms. Diaz Ayuso did not say for what scientific evidence he predicted that the rate of infection in children would be so high.
Of the 1,830 hospitalized patients in the country in the past week, about a quarter of Madrid is once again at the center of Spain’s virus epidemic.
In response, Madrid now needs to test all teachers returning to school, as is the case in other regions.
The result on Wednesday was chaotic: huge queues of school staff outside the filled test centers forced the testing process to be postponed.
As the situation worsens in Madrid, some other regional leaders are expressing concern about allowing residents of the capital to enter their towns.
But Spain’s health minister, Salvador Ila, on Thursday rejected the idea of imposing a lockdown around the Madrid area.
Other developments around the world:
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Thailand 100 days passed without any report of local transmission, But its success in preventing the spread of the virus has come at a significant financial cost. The case of the last report of a community transition in Thailand was confirmed on May 24. Hundreds of cases have since been found among residents returning from abroad, but they were found during the required 14-day different period. As of Thursday, there were 4,4૨25 cases and 58 reported deaths in Thailand, according to the Times database.
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India 83,883 new cases were reported on Thursday, breaking its own world record. It has the third highest number of cases and deaths after the United States and Brazil.
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This Czech Republic 650 new cases were reported on Thursday, the highest single-day increase.
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Turkey Marriages and other social events will be banned amid a surge in new cases. Daily number of cases Has reached about 1,600 in the last week.
Reporting contributions by Liz Alderman, Ellis S. Carter, Cho Sang-hun, Patricia Cohen, Ben Castleman, Michael Gold, Christina Goldbum, Kathleen Gray, Lewis Ferry-Sadurni, Jesse Fortin, Ethan Hozer, Jennifer Jett, Juliana Kim, Isabella Kawai, Sharon Lafrenier, Raphael Minder, Matt Phillips, Campbell Robertson, Amanda Rosa, Eleanor Stanford, Jim Tankerley, Katie Thomas, Lucy Tompkins, Neil Wigdor, Alison Weller, Lure Ren Wolfe, Catherine J. Wu and Carl Zimmer.
