The Virus that Changed Spain: Impact of COVID-19 on People with HIV

Abstract

, where Chinese authorities confirmed 41 cases detected between December 8 and January 2, 2020, the city stopped reporting cases until January 19, when 17 more cases were confirmed. By then, the first cases of COVID-19 had been reported outside China: two in Thailand and one in Japan. The rapid spread of the disease led the World Health Organization to declare it an international health emergency on Jan. 30, 2020. By that date, COVID-19 had been detected in all provinces of mainland China and cases were reported in 15 other countries. On March 11, the disease was present in more than 100 territories worldwide and was recognized as a pandemic by WHO. The number of confirmed cases continued to grow and on April 12, the number of confirmed cases worldwide stands at 1,524,161, in Europe at 830,260 and in Spain at 161,852. Globally, the United States, Spain, and Italy thus far, have the highest number of diagnosed cases and the highest number of deaths. The first patient in Spain diagnosed with the coronavirus was known January 31. He was a German patient admitted to the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands). Nine days later another case was detected on La Palma. But it was not until February 24 that the virus jumped to the peninsula, with the first cases being detected in the Communities of Madrid, Catalonia and Valencia. Although the progression and rate of infection that this disease has shown is remarkable, the good news is that so far in Spain, 59,109 people have recovered and the increase in diagnoses has stabilized, with a decrease in the growth of infections from 38 to 3%. The bad news is, of course, that already 16,353 people have died from COVID-19 in Spain [1].

Risk factors associated with mortality in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. A prospective, longitudinal, unicenter study in Reus, Spain

“…This virus is currently the cause of a global pandemic, producing hundreds of thousands of hospital admissions and deaths, with enormous effects on the health and life of the population and serious economic consequences for society. On 1 st February, 2020, the first case of a SARS-CoV-2 positive patient in Spain was reported on the island of La Gomera [ 3 ] and, following that, the first cases diagnosed in the autonomous region of Catalonia date from 5 th March [ 4 ]. The incubation period for SARS-CoV-2 ranges from 5 to 6 days on average, with cases being possible from 0 to 14 days [ 5 ].…”

Risk factors associated with mortality in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. A prospective, longitudinal, unicenter study in Reus, Spain

“…This virus is currently the cause of a global pandemic, producing hundreds of thousands of hospital admissions and deaths, with enormous effects on the health and life of the population and serious economic consequences for society. On 1 st February, 2020, the first case of a SARS-CoV-2 positive patient in Spain was reported on the island of La Gomera [3] and, following that, the first cases diagnosed in the autonomous region of Catalonia date from 5 th March [4]. The incubation period for SARS-CoV-2 ranges from 5 to 6 days on average, with cases being possible from 0 to 14 days [5].…”

“INSIDE” Project on Sexual Health in Spain: The Impact of the Lockdown Caused by COVID-19

“…Firstly, it provides information about how the con nement and social distancing may impact on human sexual behavior. Secondly, it offers a little studied area in which the COVID-19 pandemic has also had a severe impact worldwide and particularly in Spanish society, in which the disease wreaks havoc (Ballester-Arnal & Gil-Llario, 2020). Thirdly, it shows how half of the Spanish population has experienced important changes in their sexual life during con nement, but these changes have gone in different directions according to a series of factors, such as gender, couple life, privacy, the degree of stress and the experience of the con nement as unbearable.…”

“…After that, the deescalation process for the transition to the "new normality" began with important prevention and containment measures such as the mandatory use of masks (Real Decreto-Ley 21/2020). At the moment, the new wave of infections still continues to progress in this country and causes great suffering, especially among the most vulnerable groups (Ballester-Arnal & Gil-Llario, 2020).…”