State of alarm

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Spain is once again in a state of alarm.

Spain’s increasing number of coronavirus cases and localised COVID-19 outbreaks, including local lockdowns in some cases, don’t just affect residents of the peninsula.

With Spain’s four-phase plan to lift the strict coronavirus lockdown well underway, the return to a "new normal" is getting closer with some regions of the country ready to find out what this will look like as soon as the end of June.

Last weekend, Spain’s Official State Gazette (BOE) published a set of new measures that are part of a gradual recovery plan to get the country out of the strict lockdown that was introduced in March in a bid to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last Saturday, the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced in a new hearing the extension of the state of alarm due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. This extension has now been passed in parliament and will come into force on 26th April 2020.

The Ministry of the Interior in Spain has issued a guide for state security forces in a bid to standardise criteria when giving out fines for breaching the confinement decreed in the state of alarm for the coronavirus.

The Spanish government already has a first estimate of what the impact on public accounts may be due to the measures introduced to help vulnerable rental tenants that were recently announced. In total, the effect of the rental subsidies will be around 800 million euros, including micro-loans f

Spain is currently experiencing extraordinary circumstances during the period of confinement due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The Spanish government has once again tightened up its national lockdown with further regulations, ordering all non-essential workers to stay at home for the next two weeks in a further effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus in the country and start to relieve pressure on the Spain’s overstret

The Spanish government has approved an aid package of measures focusing on helping struggling rental tenants in the country. According to calculations made by the government, some 500,000 tenants could be affected by the economic consequences of the coronavirus outbreak.

Spain’s COVID-19 outbreak is continuing and in order to tackle the problem, the Spanish government, led by Pedro Sánchez, has approved an economic aid deal of 200 billion euros.

The spread of the coronavirus and strict rules and regulations from the government means that residents in Spain are still confined to their homes and will be for at least a few more weeks.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain, the government's state of alert decree originally imposed the temporary closure of all shops and restaurants, with the exception of supermarkets, pharmacies and other services considered to be essential.

The Spanish government is set to extend the current state of alarm for at least another 15 days.

Coronavirus cases in Spain continue to rise and with no immediate end in sight of the pandemic or lockdown, the government has updated decree law detailing the measures of the state of alarm ("estado de alarma") that was implemented in Spain last Saturday.

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Spain’s usually busy streets and bustling landmarks have come to a standstill after the Spanish government imposed a nationwide lockdown in a bid to contain the coronavirus epidemic that is turining into one of the worst in Europe's history.  Having a drink with some mates in the local ba

Coronavirus cases in Spain are still on the rise. The Spanish Government as a consequence has adopted a decree law detailing the measures of the state of alarm ("estado de alarma") that was implemented in Spain on Saturday in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.