Year: 2020

The Spanish Health Ministry has begun a serological survey on the Covid 19 virus in Spain. The plan was announced on 8th of this month, but was pushed back due to several delays. The survey will test around 36,000 families, some 90,000 people, for the coronavirus. A rapid test, which detects antibodies in a blood sample, will be carried out on each member of a household, and if it comes […]

The number of daily coronavirus deaths registered in Spain was 288 yesterday, the lowest figure since March 18. This is a significant drop from Saturday, when the number of fatalities was 378. However, the data should be viewed with some caution, given that there has been regular underreporting of statistics at weekends. There were 1,729 new infections, although this figure only counts cases confirmed through PCR tests, which identify people […]

Spain has the most coronavirus infections among healthcare personnel. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 20% of those infected here are healthcare professionals. In comparison in Italy that percentage is 10%, whereas in China it’s at 3.8% and in the USA at 3%. The Ministry for Health says that the total number of infections in healthcare is 35,295, in addition, 37 healthcare professionals have lost their […]

Spain’s daily coronavirus deaths fell to the lowest in more than a month yesterday, prompting the government to declare the most acute phase of the epidemic is over as it prepares criteria to ease one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns. The 367 registered deaths in the previous 24 hours represented just a 1.7% increase overall, down from 440 the previous day, and the lowest since March 21. However, with 22,524 deaths […]

Insurance company Mapfre has estimated that the Spanish economy will contract by up to 10.7% this year due to the coronavirus crisis. This would lead to unemployment rates of between 18 and 23.5%, according to Mapfre’s calculations. Meanwhile the president of the Spanish Trade Confederation (CEC), Pedro Campo, has warned that between 20 and 30% of small businesses will close by summer if they do not receive aid from the […]

The government is working on a draft ministerial order that will come into force next week allowing parents to take their children out for the first time since the state of alarm was declared on March 14. Under the latest regulations being considered, one parent would be able to go out with as many as three children, travel up to one kilometer from home and children would be allowed to […]

The cabinet has approved more measures to support workers and businesses struggling under the stringent coronavirus restrictions. The package includes an extension of unemployment benefits and modifications to the tax code that should free up 1.1 billion euros to support small businesses and the self-employed. The cabinet also said children under the age of 14, who were previously barred from leaving home under any circumstances, may accompany parents on essential […]

Spain already has one of the world’s highest death tolls from the coronavirus pandemic. But data indicating the true number of fatalities could be much higher is fueling public anger and could cause problems for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s fragile government. Spain’s total deaths rose to 20,852 yesterdayday. But the figure fails to account for those who were more than likely killed by the virus but never tested. Fernando Simon, […]