Spain (CNN)Around 300,000 nonessential workers are estimated to have gone back to their jobs in Spain's Madrid region on Monday as the country began a partial aimed at curbing the spread of , a spokesperson for Madrid's regional government told CNN. As Spain enters its second month of lockdown, some restrictions were eased, allowing those who cannot work from home, such as those in the construction and manufacturing industries, to return to work.However, shops, bars, and restaurants and other businesses considered nonessential remain closed.Spain has been one of the countries worst affected...…Spain (CNN)Around 300,000 nonessential workers are estimated to have gone back to their jobs in Spain's Madrid region on Monday as the country began a partial aimed at curbing the spread of , a spokesperson for Madrid's regional government told CNN. As Spain enters its second month of lockdown, some restrictions were eased, allowing those who cannot work from home, such as those in the construction and manufacturing industries, to return to work.However, shops, bars, and restaurants and other businesses considered nonessential remain closed.Spain has been one of the countries worst affected...WW…

Spain (CNN)Around 300,000 nonessential workers are estimated to have gone back to their jobs in Spain's Madrid region on Monday as the country began a partial aimed at curbing the spread of , a spokesperson for Madrid's regional government told CNN. As Spain enters its second month of lockdown, some restrictions were eased, allowing those who cannot work from home, such as those in the construction and manufacturing industries, to return to work.However, shops, bars, and restaurants and other businesses considered nonessential remain closed.Spain has been one of the countries worst affected...…Spain (CNN)Around 300,000 nonessential workers are estimated to have gone back to their jobs in Spain's Madrid region on Monday as the country began a partial aimed at curbing the spread of , a spokesperson for Madrid's regional government told CNN. As Spain enters its second month of lockdown, some restrictions were eased, allowing those who cannot work from home, such as those in the construction and manufacturing industries, to return to work.However, shops, bars, and restaurants and other businesses considered nonessential remain closed.Spain has been one of the countries worst affected...WW…

Madrid (CNN)Spain approved a law permitting on Thursday by a 202 to 141 vote in parliament, making it the fourth European Union country to do so."Today, a majority of parliament has borne witness to people who are ill who have been clamoring for years for this right," Socialist Party MP Maria Luisa Carcedo said during the final debate. She cited the case of Ramon Sampedro, a paralyzed Spaniard who recorded his assisted suicide in 1998, a story later told in the Oscar-winning 2004 movie, "The Sea Inside." Spain's euthanasia law permits people who have "serious, chronic illness with no chance...…Madrid (CNN)Spain approved a law permitting on Thursday by a 202 to 141 vote in parliament, making it the fourth European Union country to do so."Today, a majority of parliament has borne witness to people who are ill who have been clamoring for years for this right," Socialist Party MP Maria Luisa Carcedo said during the final debate. She cited the case of Ramon Sampedro, a paralyzed Spaniard who recorded his assisted suicide in 1998, a story later told in the Oscar-winning 2004 movie, "The Sea Inside." Spain's euthanasia law permits people who have "serious, chronic illness with no chance...WW…

Madrid (CNN)At least three people were killed and eight injured Wednesday in an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak in the heart of the Spanish capital, according to Madrid's emergency services.The blast, which occurred in a building on Toledo Street, caused widespread damage, according to video footage tweeted out by the city hall emergency information service, Emergencias Madrid.Images from the scene showed a section of exterior wall had been torn off several floors of the building, leaving rooms exposed to view. Debris covered parked vehicles and the street below, and a mangled...…Madrid (CNN)At least three people were killed and eight injured Wednesday in an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak in the heart of the Spanish capital, according to Madrid's emergency services.The blast, which occurred in a building on Toledo Street, caused widespread damage, according to video footage tweeted out by the city hall emergency information service, Emergencias Madrid.Images from the scene showed a section of exterior wall had been torn off several floors of the building, leaving rooms exposed to view. Debris covered parked vehicles and the street below, and a mangled...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Even as Spain battles the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says there’s another issue that “all Spaniards are witnessing” – the “unsettling reports” about the murky finances of the royal family.“It disturbs all of us, and me, too,” Sanchez said on national TV this month.Spanish media now report almost daily on the alleged financial dealings of former King Juan Carlos I, even before he abdicated in 2014, and on the efforts of his son, King Felipe VI, Spain’s current head of state, to distance himself from his father.“The judicial system is...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Even as Spain battles the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says there’s another issue that “all Spaniards are witnessing” – the “unsettling reports” about the murky finances of the royal family.“It disturbs all of us, and me, too,” Sanchez said on national TV this month.Spanish media now report almost daily on the alleged financial dealings of former King Juan Carlos I, even before he abdicated in 2014, and on the efforts of his son, King Felipe VI, Spain’s current head of state, to distance himself from his father.“The judicial system is...WW…

Madrid (CNN)Spain's large-scale study on the coronavirus indicates just , strengthening evidence that a so-called to Covid-19 is "unachievable," the on Monday.The findings show that 95% of Spain's population remains susceptible to the virus. Herd immunity is achieved when enough of a population has become infected with a virus or bacteria -- or vaccinated against it -- to stop its circulation.The European Center for Disease Control told CNN that Spain's research, on a nationwide representative sample of more than 61,000 participants, appears to be the largest study to date among a dozen...…Madrid (CNN)Spain's large-scale study on the coronavirus indicates just , strengthening evidence that a so-called to Covid-19 is "unachievable," the on Monday.The findings show that 95% of Spain's population remains susceptible to the virus. Herd immunity is achieved when enough of a population has become infected with a virus or bacteria -- or vaccinated against it -- to stop its circulation.The European Center for Disease Control told CNN that Spain's research, on a nationwide representative sample of more than 61,000 participants, appears to be the largest study to date among a dozen...WW…

(CNN)Authorities ordered a new lockdown for 200,000 people in Lleida province of northeastern Spain on Saturday due to outbreaks of Covid-19 there, the first confinement order since the nation's state of emergency was lifted on June 21."We've decided to implement perimeter controls around Segrià (county) in response to data that confirm significant growth in the number of Covid-19 cases," Catalan regional president Quim Torra announced at a press conference.The confinement started at midday Saturday and includes the provincial capital of Lleida. It will be enforced by 24 police checkpoints...…(CNN)Authorities ordered a new lockdown for 200,000 people in Lleida province of northeastern Spain on Saturday due to outbreaks of Covid-19 there, the first confinement order since the nation's state of emergency was lifted on June 21."We've decided to implement perimeter controls around Segrià (county) in response to data that confirm significant growth in the number of Covid-19 cases," Catalan regional president Quim Torra announced at a press conference.The confinement started at midday Saturday and includes the provincial capital of Lleida. It will be enforced by 24 police checkpoints...WW…

(CNN) has informed clubs that testing for players for the ahead of a return to training will be delayed. In a letter sent to the clubs, said it would not start testing players, coaches and medical staff for Covid-19 until the Spanish government approves a protocol to carry out such measures.The league made the decision to hold off testing professional because "the resumption of training sessions is going to be delayed.""If we consider that we'll have the protocol in the coming days, maybe next week -- well, from April 28 until May 11, 12, 13, or 14 -- to start the training again, that's a...…(CNN) has informed clubs that testing for players for the ahead of a return to training will be delayed. In a letter sent to the clubs, said it would not start testing players, coaches and medical staff for Covid-19 until the Spanish government approves a protocol to carry out such measures.The league made the decision to hold off testing professional because "the resumption of training sessions is going to be delayed.""If we consider that we'll have the protocol in the coming days, maybe next week -- well, from April 28 until May 11, 12, 13, or 14 -- to start the training again, that's a...WW…