24.03.2020
Barcelona hotels help ease pressure on hospital beds
Health authorities to double intensive care units by end of week and triple them next week
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23.03.2020
Catalonia starts production of respirators with 3D printers
Public-private partnership will see daily production of 50 to 100 units for intensive care units
23.03.2020
Catalan President continues to demand total lockdown and asks for further social measures
People should be able to stay home without worrying about their salaries, rents or mortgages, according to Quim Torra
17.03.2020
Why is Madrid not under lockdown yet?
Catalan and Spanish governments disagree over how to tackle coronavirus crisis
16.03.2020
Spanish king rejects father’s inheritance and removes him from royal family payroll
Move comes after harassment claims against former king Juan Carlos and that he received €100m from Saudi Arabia
16.03.2020
UN damning report recognizes Catalans as national minority and criticizes Spain for mistreating them
A UN Special Rapporteur visited Spain and is highly critical of the situation he encountered
15.03.2020
Madrid accumulates 213 of 288 coronavirus deaths but is not confined yet
Catalan President Torra calls Spain’s efforts in fighting coronavirus ‘insufficient’
13.03.2020
Catalan towns in lockdown due to coronavirus
No one allowed to enter or leave Igualada, Vilanova del Camí, Santa Margarida de Montbui and Òdena
12.03.2020
All Catalan schools and universities to close from Friday
1.8 million students and 100,000 teachers affected by decision taken to avoid spread of coronavirus
11.03.2020
Catalonia bans events of +1,000 people in effort to control coronavirus
Alert phase activated and all sports events to be held behind closed doors
