Barcelona and metropolitan area merged into one health region
Residents will be able to move within region while Lleida stays in Phase 1 while Girona, Central Catalonia, Alt Penedès and Garraf enter Phase 2
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Current affairs and social issues
Do healthcare professionals feel their work is valued?
Health system workers speak to Catalan News about society’s views on their efforts
Over 900 new cases of gender-based violence during lockdown according to authorities
Public health crisis could result in 50-year setback for equality
Will Barcelona return to pre-Covid pollution levels?
Environmentalists want cars kept off streets but automotive industry stresses alternative solutions
Over 20% of workers already affected by temporary redundancy schemes
As problems receiving benefits continue, grants for provisionally jobless will end on June 30 if no further deals reached
Girona and Central Catalonia proposed to move to Phase 2
Catalan government requests Barcelona health regions to be merged as Lleida asked to stay in Phase 1 after increase in transmissions
Catalonia advances cautiously in lockdown easing plan
Relatively little street activity as terraces return in Barcelona and exercise time slots removed in Tarragona
Quarantine for foreign arrivals lifted from July 1
Spanish government want to "gradually reactivate international tourism"
More restrictions lifted on Barcelona beaches, while bathing allowed in Phase 2 areas
Strolls and exercise also allowed in the evening in the capital, but not sunbathing or recreational bathing yet
Barcelona enters lockdown easing Phase 1 and part of Catalonia, Phase 2
Terraces and hotels allowed to open in capital, as indoor areas of restaurants, cinemas and shopping malls can operate in Tarragona, Pyrenees and Ebre regions
How has the pandemic affected healthcare workers on a personal level?
Catalan News speaks to a number of medical professionals for an ongoing series on their experiences
Targeted basic income payments to begin in June
Spanish government’s new measure aimed at fighting poverty is expected to be approved next week
Plenty of people but fewer large crowds on beaches Saturday morning
Barcelona city council is considering reversing its decision to allow strolls while maintaining sunbathing is not allowed
Catalan health ministry publishes corrective retrospective Covid-19 data
Historical figures show curves moving downward and peak of cases on March 26
Catalonia proposes that care home visits be allowed from de-escalation Phase 2
Health ministry identifies 10% of such centers as still being 'at risk'
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