We go to Madrid, Spain, one of the epicenters of the pandemic in Europe, where health workers account for nearly 14% of the country’s infections. Many face limited availability of protective equipment. So many people have died that Madrid’s municipal funeral home has stopped collecting bodies. A large ice rink is now being used as a makeshift morgue, and the government plans to extend the state of emergency by another 15 days in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. “If Madrid was a country, it would actually be fifth in terms of death rate in the entire world,” says María Carrión, journalist and former Democracy Now! news producer.
PrintDemocracy Now | Radio Free (2020-03-25T11:35:01+00:00) Madrid’s Ice Rink Turned to Morgue as Spain Exceeds China in Coronavirus Deaths. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2020/03/25/madrids-ice-rink-turned-to-morgue-as-spain-exceeds-china-in-coronavirus-deaths/
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