A state of emergency to contain the spread. Residents have been asked to stay home as much as possible. Officials are closely monitoring the situation to decide whethth to extend the state of emergency beyond may 6th. The drug was originallyy developed the t treat ebola but clinical tests were underway in japan and several other countries to see whether its effective against the coronav coronavirus. We w will proceed with a special approval to expedite the screening. Health Ministry Officials say germany and the u. S. Are already considering whether to approve it. Gentleman pap plans to provide another possible medication to the neththerlands, the philippis and 36 other countries. Its a flu drug developed by a Japanese Company. The foreign minister said more than 70 countries asked japan to supply them w with the medicine. The Health Ministry also decided to allow dentists to carry out coronavirus tests if local facilities are overwhelmed. As many as 8,800 were being carried out per da
Hardhit hospitals to other parts of the country as officials brace for even more serious cases. Im annette young. Welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. Hasn in spain, which tightened its measures against the coronavirus, during a halt all nonessential activities, and telling the spanish stay home for a further two weeks. The country has the worlds secondhighest told, toll, with thats over 7000, the infefection rate at 85,000 case. Morrison, take us to the latest figures. you mentioned the death toll, which is becoming grim news for the spaniards, 812 people dying from the virus in the last 24 hours. That is 26 fewer than yesterday. We have seen three days of record rises on that figure. E. That is some good news. The number o of cases that are 85,200, that has slightly the rise in the number of cases is coming down. The Health Authorities say that about 10 days ago we have been seeing daily rises of between 20 rises, and those daily now are coming down to about 8 . They see this as e