Coronavirus cases in Spain rise to 94,417, over 8,100 deaths reported

• Spain recorded a total of 94,417 Coronavirus cases, which is the third highest in the world.
• Spain has the second highest death toll due to the disease at 8,189.
• The country reported 7,846 new cases and 913 deaths on March 30.

Spain is one of the worst hit countries due to Coronavirus and has reported 7,846 new cases of the disease and 913 new deaths on March 30. The country has the fourth highest number of Coronavirus cases in the world and is second in terms of death toll.

Despite having fewer cases than the USA, Spain reported more deaths. It has been under lockdown for more than 15 days now to control the spread of the pandemic.


China to probe company that sold faulty test kits to Spain

China has launched an investigation into Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology, a Chinese company that sold a batch of coronavirus test kits to Spain which authorities said were faulty, an official source said on Tuesday.

The Spanish government bought 640,000 rapid test kits from the Chinese company, based in Guangzhou province, of which the first 58,000 arrived last week. Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa said that the first batch of testing kits failed to pass quality control checks after several microbiology laboratories in the country's major hospitals found that they were not working well.

"The manufacturer in China has agreed to their return and will replace them with a new test model," the Health Ministry had said in a statement.

Spain to return faulty Chinese Coronavirus detection kits

Spain has suspended the use of Chinese kits to detect Coronavirus after they were found to be faulty. Spain discovered that the rapid test kits failed to detect positive cases.

As per experts, the kits from China are failing to detect positive corona cases. Spanish newspaper El Pais in a report said that the Chinese kits have only 30% sensitivity and are able to detect only 30% of the positive cases whereas the tests need to be at least 80% sensitive to be effective.

Real Madrid opens its stadium for fight against Coronavirus

Spanish football club Real Madrid has opened up its stadium, the Santiago Bernabeu to be used as a makeshift storage facility to help the country fight the Coronavirus pandemic.

Spanish MotoGP postponed

Motorcycle race Spanish Moto GP has been postponed due to the pandemic. It was supposed to be held on May 3. The organisers said that they were forced to do so due to the disease.

In a statement, the organisers said, "As the situation remains in a state of constant evolution, a new date for the Spanish GP cannot be confirmed until it becomes clearer when exactly it will be possible to hold the event.”

Indian table tennis player stuck in Spain

Indian table tennis player Takeme Sarkar is stuck in Malaga as India is currently under lockdown and closed its borders. She was in Spain to take part in the Spanish League.

"I am fine here. My club members are very supportive, they are providing food and everything. They had booked my return tickets on 24th March but due to flights getting cancelled, I could not come back," Takeme said in a statement.

With inputs from IANS.

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