Month: April 2020

Opposition Popular Party (PP) leader Pablo Casado has told Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez that if he wants an agreement post the coronavirus crisis, although he doubts he does, then it would have to be reached in parliament. The challenge came after the (PSOE) Socialist Party politician made a “heartfelt” plea to opposition parties to come together to create a national plan to rebuild the Spanish economy. Casado offered no confirmation […]

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the Spanish economy to do a complete about-face. Despite the signs of a slowdown that were clear to see in the second half of 2019, Spain closed the year with solid growth of 2%, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was, until a few weeks ago, hopeful that the economy would follow a similar pattern in 2020, with an increase of 1.6%. The latest World […]

Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, started to ease tough lockdown restrictions yesterday that have kept people confined to their homes for more than a month and put a brake on economic activity. The cumulative death toll from coronavirus rose to 17,489, up 517 from 16,972 on Sunday, confirmed cases totalled 169,496, up from 166,019 the previous day. However, this was the smallest proportional […]

Spain’s coronavirus death toll rose for the first time in three days yesterday, as some businesses prepared to reopen under an easing of the strict lockdown regime. 619 people died in the previous 24 hours, bringing the cumulative toll to 16,972. Confirmed cases increased by around 2.6% to 166,019. Tough lockdown measures have helped bring down a spiralling death rate that reached its peak in early April, and the new […]

The government have set out guidelines for people returning to work under a loosening of lockdown restrictions, while the country reported its lowest one-day increase in deaths from the coronavirus since March 23. Most of us have been confined to home since mid-March with only businesses in sectors deemed strategically important allowed to operate normally. However, from tomorrow, some other industries such as construction and manufacturing will be allowed to […]

More than 10,000 Civil Guard checkpoints as well as those operated by local police forces plus blocks of concrete at the entrances of some Spanish municipalities with high numbers of holidays homes, look to have dissuaded people tempted to break lockdown and get to their second residences for the Easter weekend. General secretary for transport, María José Rallo said traffic jams seen on the roads leading out of big cities […]

Finance Minister and government spokesperson María Jesús Montero says life in Spain will slowly begin to return to normal after the state of alarm comes to an end on April 26. Montero said we will slowly return to “normal life” but in progressive stages, following the recommendations of health experts in order to avoid a second wave of coronavirus infections. She said the government is working on “different scenarios” on […]

The Health Ministry says regions “are starting to see a certain drop in pressure at intensive care units,“ and that 30% of all confirmed cases have been discharged from hospital María José Sierra, deputy head of Spain's health emergency committee, said that the outbreak was slowing due to the confinement measures introduced by the government. As yet ''we do not know when the measures will be eased,“ she said which […]

The Health Ministry says that the growth rate of the coronavirus pandemic is falling in nearly all regions. María José Sierra said more than 40,000 people have been discharged from hospital, the number of intensive care admissions is following a downward trend, but almost 19,500 health workers have contracted the virus since the beginning of the outbreak, accounting for 14.3% of total infections. Of these, 10% have been hospitalised and […]