Coronavirus

The Government will ask the Congress of Deputies tomorrow to extend the state of alarm for a further two weeks, amid growing opposition. In statements issued yesterday, Partido Popular and Catalan sepratist party the ERC has said it will join Vox in voting against a further extension to the state of alarm. Coalicion Canarias has […]

The Canarian islands of La Graciosa, El Hierro and La Gomera and the Balearic island of Formentera have become the first place in Spain to move into phase 1 of the de-escalation measures. People can now meet in groups of 10, as well as some measures concerning transportation being relaxed. As with the rest of […]

Policia Nacional have confirmed that 235 people were arrested for breaches of the state of alarm in the first weekend of relaxed restrictions. 36,762 warnings were issued for people not complying with quarantine measures. In Depth: Coronavirus outbreak in Spain [catlist tags=”covid-19″] The arrests bring the total to 7,186 people detained for breaching the rules.

The daily coronavirus death toll has reached a six-week low, according to data released by the health ministry. 164 people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours leading to yesterday’s update, the lowest figure since the 18th March. The total number of deaths now stands at 25,264. The news came as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez […]

On Sunday the Prime Minister said that he was planning to introduce co-governance procedures with regional authorities as part of the return to normality. In his weekly meeting with the regional leaders, he outlined his plans, as well as formally informing regional leaders of his intention to issue a further extension to the state of […]

INTERPOL has issued an alert after it discovered that criminal gangs in a number of countries – including Spain – were using food delivery services to transport drugs around the country due to the lockdown restrictions in place . In an update issued yesterday, the global policing body said it had reports from Spain, Ireland, […]

The Government has faced criticism after it announced that Spain was in the top ten countries worldwide for testing for the coronavirus. In a statement issued yesterday, the government said that Spain was the eighth most tested country in the OECD. However when data was amended removing antibody testing, it placed Spain in 18th position. […]

This week should have seen the start of one of the countries biggest sporting events – the Madrid Open. With the pandemic in place, it has meant that tournaments have been cancelled, however tennis fans can now get their fix virtually! The event organisers launched the first electronic version of the tournament yesterday, with the […]

Children will be able to walk once a day, for one hour outside their homes from Sunday, as details about new measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic were announced yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias , and the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, released the details which affects 6.8 million children across Spain in a […]

The daily death toll rose slightly compared to the day before, with 440 reported deaths yesterday – up from 430 on Wednesday – bringing the total number of those who died to 22,157. 89,250 have been discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19. Social distancing may have saved up to 73,000 lives across the country, […]