damian grammaticas reports. what every scientist is feared, covid surging again.w to build a system to test, identify and isolate new cases? intensive care units are overflowing andi intensive care units are overflowing and i see you beds again —— extra icu beds again in use. everybody is feeling this anatomy will come again. spain has been trying to target infection hotspots with local controls. but it has not been working. like this part of madrid, home to 200,000 people who have already had a fortnight restricted to essentials only. one in four tests for covid—19 in madrid has come back positive. in recent weeks spain like the uk brought in its own rule of six and told bars and restau ra nts rule of six and told bars and restaurants to start serving at ten. the infections are back because they didn‘t control it. the infections are back because they didn't control it. this man advise spain on its first lockdown and says the new measures may be too little and too late. what we have seen in spain over the summer is a serious warning we cannot relax while that it i

damian grammaticas is in madrid. scientist has feared — covid—19 surging again. 10,000 new infections every day, a second wave breaking over an already battered country. so what's the reason for this resurgence? it seems spain may have been too hasty to lift the original lockdown that brought the first wave of the virus under control, too quick to let people back into bars and restaurants, and too slow to build an effective system to test, identify and isolate new cases. intensive care units are overflowing, extra icu beds again being used. the warning signals are everywhere. psychologically, it's the worst thing. because all the people are afraid the tsunami will come again. spain, like many countries, has been trying to target infection hotspots with local controls. but it's not been working. like this part of madrid, home to 200,000 people who already had a fortnight restricted to essential movements only. this wave is not as bad as the height of the pandemic, but one in four tests for covid—19 in madrid has been