Coronavirus

Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has said that pharmacies nationwide should have stocks of face masks by the end of the week. In Depth: Coronavirus outbreak in Spain [catlist tags=”covid-19″] In an interview yesterday, he said that production of masks has increased, and it’s hoped that front line workers and those who are at risk will […]

A war of words has erupted between the Catalan regional government and Madrid, after the Spanish Government was accused of sending a symbolic number of face masks to Catalonia. Catalan Minister of Interior, Miquel Buch, accused the Government of having intentionally delivered 1,714,000 masks to Catalonia. He said the number was a reference to the […]

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has reminded people that Spain is not in a “de-escalation” phase of the state of emergency, and restrictions remain in force. España no está en fase de desescalada. Solo si ganamos terreno al virus y el sistema de salud se recupera avanzaremos en esa fase. Y si no es así, mantendremos […]

The daily death rate increased on Sunday, as 619 people were confirmed to have died from Covid-19, an increase of 109 on Saturday’s figure. The death toll now stands at 16,972. However there was better news on the infection rate. That continues to decline, falling nearly 700 yesterday compared to Saturday’s figures. In Depth: Coronavirus […]

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has said that people using public transport should wear facemasks to help slow the spread of the virus. The minister made the statement during a press conference on Saturday. In Depth: Coronavirus outbreak in Spain [catlist tags=”covid-19″] He went on to say that 10 million masks will be distributed to people […]

Border controls between France and Portugal are to continue for a further 2 weeks. The Ministry of the Interior said that an extension to controls on mainland Spain’s land borders are to continue until at least midnight on the 25th April. The controls mean only Spanish nationals, residents, those with exceptional circumstances or cross border […]

Spain has recorded its second consecutive daily increase in the number of deaths from coronavirus following a week-long decline, according to data from the Health Ministry. 757 people are confirmed to have died in the 24 hours leading to yesterday’s update, an increase of 14 on the 743 deaths reported the day before. 14,485 people […]

The Government has confirmed the arrival of a consignment of ventilators from Turkey. The 150 ventilators arrived yesterday evening in Madrid after being held in Turkey for a number of days. In Depth: Coronavirus outbreak in Spain [catlist tags=”covid-19″] They are to arrive today at Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia and Navarra.

The UK’s largest travel firm has cancelled its beach holidays for the next five weeks. Tui said on Wednesday that all trips up to and including 14 May were being axed and its Marella Cruises sailings – including those to Spain – have been suspended until at least June. In Depth: Coronavirus outbreak in Spain […]

The number of people dying and testing positive for coronavirus in Spain appears to begin to plateau. Yesterday the number of people dying jumped again. Some 743 people’s deaths were recorded – which appeared to disrupt the decline – however this is being attributed to the way that the deaths have been recorded over weekends, […]