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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 […]

The Health Ministry’s María José Sierra, says 30,080 patients have recovered from coronavirus and have been discharged from hospital, that's 29% of the total. What's more in most of the regions, the number of people hospitalised has fallen compared to previous days. The downward trend of daily deaths has continued with the latest number falling to 674, lowest seen in 10 days, this marks a fall of 135 compared to […]

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez gave a national address yesterday to say the government intends to extend the coronavirus lockdown for another 15 days until April 26. He said the state of alarm that has confined us in our homes for the past three weeks must be extended if the country is to slow the coronavirus pandemic. The PM said he believes that is the time that the health system needs […]

Spain has overtaken Italy for the first time for the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, but the overnight death toll fell from the previous day, and health officlas remain hopeful. With 117,710 confirmed cases, Spain is now second in the number of infections only to the United States, which has a population some seven times larger. The death toll stands at 10,935, second only to Italy, with 13,915 fatalities. On […]

Health officials say they see a glimmer of hope with the epidemic slowing in terms of proportional daily increases in infections and deaths. Spain’s death toll from the coronavirus rose above 10,000 yesterday after a record 950 people died overnight. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy at 10,003 but the one-day toll was the highest for any country since the start of the epidemic. The number of […]