NIGHTCLUBS across Catalonia including Barcelona and the beach resorts of the Costa Brava are to close after a coronavirus spike. Isidre Correa was taken to the seaside on Wednesday Medical teams at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona have been photographed wheeling people to the beach as part of a programme designed to humanise intensive care units. This afternoon four more people have died in Catalonia, all related to the Igualada outbreak, bringing the death toll to 12. These are external links and will open in a new windowMedical teams at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona have been photographed wheeling people to the beach as part of a programme designed to humanise intensive care units. The government has slowly begun to ease what was one of Europe's most restrictive lockdowns.At one point people could not go out to exercise and children were not allowed to leave their homes for any reason.But Spain has brought its outbreak under control in recent weeks. The beach is empty. He has been in hospital since 14 April Spain reopened most of its beaches on Monday BARS and restaurants in Barcelona are on the brink of a new lockdown as the city battles a sudden coronavirus spike. In … There is hope tourists will soon return to the hard-hit Mediterranean country 206 new coronavirus infections have been reported in Catalonia, making 921 cases in total, a 30% increase on yesterday. But opposition parties have criticised his response to the outbreak and the repeated extensions of the state of emergency.
Barcelona has closed all public beaches, parks and gardens, and suspended municipal works. Police in Barcelona are closing access to a large area of the city's beaches due to the excess of sunbathers who decided to ignore the urgings of authorities to stay at home amid a resurgence of the coronavirus. Spain saw a massive surge of … But outside, Andrade sees a natural world blooming. These are external links and will open in a new window People, fearful of catching and spreading the coronavirus, are inside. "We have overcome the worst of the pandemic," Mr Sanchez said.
Tuesday was the second day running that Spain did not report a single coronavirus death over the previous 24 hours.On Wednesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez asked parliament for one further extension to the state of emergency until 21 June. Crowded Barcelona beach shut down amid new coronavirus wave
The trips are part of a recovery programme for coronavirus patients BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police in Barcelona closed down access to a large area of the city’s beaches on Saturday after too many sunbathers ignored authorities’ request to stay at home amid a new wave of surging coronavirus infections.Police blocked more people from entering the beach and used loudspeakers to recommend that the crowds already on the sand disperse because they were too closely packed and could increase the contagion risk.Barcelona and other areas of Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region have experienced the largest outbreaks in the country since the European country ended a strict three-month nationwide lockdown that succeeded in reining in a savage outbreak that has claimed over 28,400 lives.Catalan health authorities on Saturday reported over 1,200 new daily cases.The new outbreaks have forced regional officials to prohibit gatherings of over 10 people in the city, an edict that took effect Saturday. Coronavirus: Anti-lockdown car protest draws thousands Coronavirus: Spain tightens mask rules for all older than five
They also strongly recommended that residents of Barcelona and neighboring municipalities only leave home for work or necessary errands.Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa urged Barcelona residents to follow the guidelines issued by the regional Catalan authorities.The mandatory use of face masks is rapidly spreading across Spain as officials grapple with more than 180 active outbreaks, most of them in Catalonia and the neighboring Aragon region.Overall, Europe has seen over 199,000 virus deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Experts say the true toll is the pandemic is even higher than that, due to limited testing and other reasons.People enjoy the beach in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, July 18, 2020.