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There is no reliable record of which new resources were put into action during the first wave of the pandemic aimed at fighting coronavirus and reducing its impact. Some decisive links in the process of building an effective response were for instance the financial efforts of the public administration, the initiatives that came from within society both individually and in groups, the dedication of the medical staff and the donations from companies.

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Regional authorities strove to multiply the capacity to care for patients requiring hospital admission. For example, the Region of Madrid set up the facilities at Madrid Trade Fair as a provisional field hospital. The particular impact of the first wave of the pandemic on this territory shall be taken into account. Nearly 5,000 patients were admitted and over 1,200 healthcare professionals worked from 23 March to 1 May 2020 in Halls 5 and 7 at Madrid Trade Fair provisional field hospital.

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The intervention of the Armed Forces in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic under Operation Balmis was an example of the so-called ‘new missions’ of the Navy, the Army and the Air Force, as a key tool for solving all kinds of crisis. The missions allotted to the Armed Forces were set forth in Spanish Organic Law 5/2005 on National Defence, which states: “The Armed Forces, together with the National Institutions and the Public Administrations, must preserve the security and well-being of citizens in case of serious risk, catastrophe, calamity and other public needs, in accordance with current legislation.” However, the first time that the Armed Forces took on this task was under Operation Balmis, as part of the effort to defeat COVID-19 (except for interventions of the Military Emergency Unit and 43 Air Force Group as well as minor interventions by some other units in recent years). Operation Balmis, which involved over

Several factors were key to the success of Operation Balmis. The unit of command was adapted, the chain of command was simplified and procedures were streamlined from requests for assistance to their fulfillment. All available assets worked under the Operations Command, organised into five Component Commands: Land, Sea, Air, Emergency and Military Health. Even the operation logistics were centralised.

Requests for support were forwarded directly to the Operations Command through the Government Delegates (the highest representatives of the national government in the different regions), who then forwarded them to the different ministries to manage the crisis. This support was validated, assigned and ordered in a systematic and simple process that allowed the requests to be fulfilled quickly. Basically, four main areas of support were considered: logistics, health, security and infrastructures. The most common tasks were disinfection, transfer of the sick, building field hospitals, transport of medical equipment by air and land, and presence to contribute to public security.

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