Provisional hospital to be launched next week in exhibition center
March 28, 2020 03:57 PM
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Igualada asks most vulnerable 'at least' are tested for covid-19
March 27, 2020 04:08 PM
Sports centers in Barcelona to be used as provisional hospitals
March 26, 2020 07:50 PM
World Press Photo latest event called off due to coronavirus
Girona's 'Temps de flors' floral displays postponed, as are Berga's 'La Patum' festivities
March 26, 2020 01:57 PM
Spain denies enhancement of lockdown in Igualada covid-19 cluster
Catalan government had decreed total confinement in area with higher death rate than Lombardy
March 26, 2020 11:04 AM
Guardiola and Messi both pledge €1m to combat coronavirus
March 25, 2020 09:19 PM
Enhanced and extended confinement in central Catalonia covid-19 cluster
March 25, 2020 07:35 PM
Catalonia's first month coping with coronavirus crisis
February 25 saw first covid-19 case announced; four weeks later official number stands at almost 10,000, with over 500 deaths
March 25, 2020 06:07 PM
Catalonia could see 13,000 coronavirus deaths in worst-case scenario, says report
Study suggests number of cases will peak in late April, as health department considers "multiple scenarios"
March 25, 2020 05:39 PM
Barcelona exhibition center to house hundreds of vulnerable and homeless people
March 25, 2020 03:58 PM
Covid-19 public health crisis leaves Barcelona taxi sector reeling
Drivers feel "unprotected" as they experience an 85% drop in earnings
March 25, 2020 12:55 PM
11,000 want public funds for bull events to go to health and cultural sectors affected by covid-19
Animal rights NGO petitions state to reallocate resources to culture everyone enjoys rather than "just a minority without empathy or compassion"
March 24, 2020 07:25 PM
Prosecutor in Catalonia orders investigation into elderly care home deaths
Spanish government tightens restrictions in homes after soldiers report finding residents living alongside "people dead in their beds"
March 24, 2020 06:23 PM
Spike in coronavirus cases in Catalonia and Spain
March 24, 2020 01:11 PM
Five years since Germanwings: the tragedy that should never have happened
March 24, 2020 11:12 AM
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