christmas holidays spanish intensive care units are being pushed to the limit yet again at dr mary agnes martins ospital in madrid the situation is tense. it's glad to say that we haven't doubled our resources but practically everything is occupied is that with covert 19 patients. some of the critical patients we work to the maximum every day and that's tiring and still can't infection numbers in spain seem to be stabilizing but there are huge worries that new virus variants will reverse any progress. in madrid stricter measures like only a car fuse and contact restrictions are in place shops and restaurants remain open though in other parts of the country they're shut over all the trend and spain goes towards tougher anti covert measures the country is desperate to avoid implementing another shutdown. and at this new peak there is a glimmer of hope pitted epstein the substance that could help treat code 1000 patients and it is attained from marine organisms in the mediterranean fulfilling to feel they were not as cool as she and readers were going through a field of it works like this on the vi