By , MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday any further loosening of the country’s lockdown restrictions would depend on more progress in the fight against the coronavirus, a day before some companies plan to reopen their doors.The country’s overnight death toll from the infection rose for the first time in three days on Sunday, to 619, health ministry data showed, bringing the cumulative toll to 16,972. Confirmed cases increased by around 2.6% to 166,019.Tough lockdown measures have helped bring down a spiralling death rate that reached its peak in early...…By , MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday any further loosening of the country’s lockdown restrictions would depend on more progress in the fight against the coronavirus, a day before some companies plan to reopen their doors.The country’s overnight death toll from the infection rose for the first time in three days on Sunday, to 619, health ministry data showed, bringing the cumulative toll to 16,972. Confirmed cases increased by around 2.6% to 166,019.Tough lockdown measures have helped bring down a spiralling death rate that reached its peak in early...WW…

By , MADRID (Reuters) - When 99-year old Florentina Martin caught the coronavirus in September, her grand-daughter’s greatest fear was not that the disease would kill her, but that she would end up alone on an emergency ward.Slideshow “I always thought loneliness would finish her off before the virus because she’s afraid of being left alone, especially in the hospital,” Noelia Valle said.She thinks her grandmother probably got infected at her 99th birthday party on Sept. 16, when the family went outside to enjoy the fine weather with drinks on a terrace.“I think it must have been there at...…By , MADRID (Reuters) - When 99-year old Florentina Martin caught the coronavirus in September, her grand-daughter’s greatest fear was not that the disease would kill her, but that she would end up alone on an emergency ward.Slideshow “I always thought loneliness would finish her off before the virus because she’s afraid of being left alone, especially in the hospital,” Noelia Valle said.She thinks her grandmother probably got infected at her 99th birthday party on Sept. 16, when the family went outside to enjoy the fine weather with drinks on a terrace.“I think it must have been there at...WW…

By , MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s family doctors are feeling the strain as they increasingly take the place of emergency and intensive-care colleagues on the front lines of the country’s battle against the coronavirus.Slideshow “I want to be optimistic ... If there’s a second wave we’ll get through it but it will be really tough,” said Dr Luis Martinez, director of the Silvano Health Centre, a public general health facility on the outskirts of Madrid.“The staff are all tired, exhausted. It’s been an entirely new situation.”Besides dealing with their usual caseload, general practitioners (GPs)...…By , MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s family doctors are feeling the strain as they increasingly take the place of emergency and intensive-care colleagues on the front lines of the country’s battle against the coronavirus.Slideshow “I want to be optimistic ... If there’s a second wave we’ll get through it but it will be really tough,” said Dr Luis Martinez, director of the Silvano Health Centre, a public general health facility on the outskirts of Madrid.“The staff are all tired, exhausted. It’s been an entirely new situation.”Besides dealing with their usual caseload, general practitioners (GPs)...WW…