70 scientists warn the Spanish Government that total confinement is urgent

Seventy scientists mainly Catalans and from abroad warn Sanchez that total confinement is urgent. "The steps taken so far, even in the right direction, have not been enough to make growth go from exponential to subexponential. The measures taken so far will not be enough to prevent the collapse of the healthcare system and, consequently, the morbidity and mortality of Covid-19.'

The document, addressed to the Spanish government, is urging them to act urgently with more force to stop the Covid-19 epidemic. This involves measures such as totally confining the population and isolating territories with a particularly severe incidence of the virus, starting with Madrid, but also Catalonia and the Basque Country, for example. The infectious disease doctor Oriol Mitjà, the promoter of the first clinical trial in the country to fight coronavirus 2019, and the URV physicist Alex Arenas, who has developed a mathematical model for predicting the danger of new infections signed the petition. The scientists come from different specialties, such as public health, epidemiology, microbiology, molecular biology, or the dynamics and spread of epidemics, all of which are key to understanding Covid-19 expansion. The document sent to the government of Sánchez expresses the urgency of taking new measures.