Area health departments have praised the public for ‘being so responsible’ and ‘pulling together for the greater good’, and have largely been impressed by how patients who know their needs are not urgent are putting off visiting their GPs or out-of-hours walk-in clinics, in order to free up staff to attend to those infected with Covid-19.
Even though the community cannot interact in person – meeting even a close friend or family member in the street means a brief wave and then moving on, staying at least two metres apart – media and social media comments and headlines, and information from official sources, show that the spirit of a joint purpose and a need for cooperation is strong.
The self-discipline seen across Spain in the last few days is equally as automatic and as tight in areas which have barely been affected by the virus.
Over half those affected are based in Madrid, and the majority of towns have very few cases at all – often as few as two or three, or none at all – but the public in general is acting with the same level of seriousness in every municipality in their determination to leave nothing to chance or to carelessness and ensure the virus is fully contained.
Cases due to peak
Here in Alicante province and particularly in the local communities from La Marina to Pilar there have been few cases. However, it is during this week and the weekend that cases in Spain are predicted to peak, which means the virus is expected to spread and cases are expected to increase more than ever over the coming days.