The daily death toll from the coronavirus here fell to its second lowest since mid-March yesterday, as half the country prepares to move to the next phase of an exit from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns. Spain began to loosen its lockdown last week, but Phase 1 will include a […]
Madrid will not enter ‘phase 1’ of de-escalation from the coronavirus lockdown this Monday. The Ministry of Health believes the capital’s system for conducting COVID-19 tests in health centres needs improvement before the city is ready to ease restrictions. The decision comes after Madrid’s director general of Public Health, Yolanda […]
Spain is weighing up further measures to bring life back to normal following the coronavirus epidemic, but the capital Madrid and the city of Barcelona could remain under tight restrictions for the time being. Both cities have registered the highest number of coronavirus deaths and infections in Spain, one of […]
Parliament have voted to extend the state of alarm here for another 15 days, maintaining the emergency powers for the government to deal with the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, of the Socialist PSOE Party, first implemented the measure on March 14. Sánchez’s request for an additional period […]
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will ask Spain’s parliament, to vote in favour of a two-week extension to the state of alarm today. It has been in place since March 14, when confinement measures were first imposed. Since then, the extraordinary measure has been extended three times, and is currently set […]
Hairdressers, ironmongers and florists opened for business with restrictions yesterday as Spain began the four-phase plan to reopen by end-June, while the 24-hour death tally from the coronavirus pandemic stayed under 200 for the second day in a row. Red Cross workers handed out masks at Madrid’s metro stations as […]
Several of Spain’s regional premiers have told Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez that they oppose another extension of the state of alarm which gives central government extra powers to deal with the coronavirus crisis. The state of alarm must be approved by parliament every two weeks, and the current period is […]
Masks will be compulsory on public transport here in Spain from tomorrow as the country moves to gradually relax its tough lockdown. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the government would distribute 6m masks, mainly at transport locations and give another 7m to local authorities. Adults were able to exercise outdoors […]
As people prepared to emerge from their homes for walks after seven weeks of strict lockdown Spain closed a giant temporary hospital in Madrid yesterday that had become a symbol of its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The developments showed that Spain was pulling out of the crisis that has […]
Spain’s government has announced a new timetable clearly outlining who can go out and when from tomorrow as the country begins to relax lockdown restrictions. Health Minister Salvador Illa said that the fixed timetable will help to avoid overcrowding and the risk of Covid-19 contagion. Individuals wanting to do short […]
