A city in Spain has 70% of the inhabitants infected by COVID-19. “We don’t know how we got into this situation.” News, Foreign News Freedom

The city of Cuevas del Becerro, located has about 1,600 inhabitants, and all were scheduled to be analyzed and PCR, to know how many of them have COVID-19.

This is a mobilization carried out by local authorities, after a first massive test revealed that the majority, that is, 70%, have the virus and are asymptomatic. Among those found are the mayor, electricians and the police. So now, instead of antigen tests, the authorities are using the more accurate PCR tests.

“I have no symptoms, I came because the test is for everyone. I came to be able to stop this infection, ”said Ana María Mena, a local.

The big question residents ask is about the source of the infection.

Here all the rules have been observed. We do not know how we got into this situation.

A local:

“It is something that nobody understands, because there are people who have not left home and have the virus,” added another.

“It surprises us because it is a city without congestion, where sanitary measures have been observed. We do not know how the outbreak broke out. Epidemiologists may have the answer, but I don’t know, ”said another local.

Other locals admitted in the same local publication that people began to be less vigilant. Anniversaries, private parties and other events were organized.

In addition, many inhabitants of Cuevas del Becerro work in other cities, so they could have been infected there and then spread the virus to the city.

Isolated people, helped by volunteers

Until the results of the PCR tests, people who tested positive for rapid tests were isolated. Hundreds of volunteers mobilized to bring them food.

“We are organized into two phones, one for WhatsApp and the other for phone calls, which two people from the city council will take over and send to Civil Protection. I just finished a meeting. They will help us make home deliveries, to people who cannot go to the store or who cannot leave the house ”, explains Pedro Niebla Ponze, mayor of Cuevas del Becerro.

Andalusia province, home to the city of Cuevas del Becerro, was not as affected as Madrid in the first wave of the epidemic. In October, the number of cases began to increase, so the authorities decided to shut down non-essential economic activities.

Spain is currently the second European country most affected by the virus, after France, according to Worldometer data. More than 1.6 million cases and more than 45,000 deaths have been reported here.

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