As Spain struggles desperately to cope with almost 120,000 coronavirus infections, it barely has the strength to help its overwhelmed care homes and their elderly residents, singularly vulnerable to the respiratory disease.
FILE PHOTO: Ambulance workers pushes a stretcher with a patient at a nursing home during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Leganes Madrid, near Madrid, Spain, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
After Italy, Spain has the world’s second highest death toll, with around 11,000 fatalities confirmed on Friday. He said at least 150 of the residents were likely to be infected - but that some hospitals had stopped admitting patients from care homes, forcing the residences to cope as best they could.
Army units deployed to disinfect care homes across Spain have discovered unattended bodies, as staff lacked the resources to dispose of them properly.
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