Spain calls in army after 81,000 coronavirus cases in 2 weeks as PM warns pandemic may ‘take control of our lives again’
SPAIN has called in the army to help deal with a resurgence of the coronavirus - as the country recorded 81,000 infections in just two weeks.
In a stark warning to the public, Mr Sánchez said: “We cannot allow the pandemic to take control of our lives again...we must take control, break this second curve”. Officials at the Health Ministry have said that more than 60% of the new infections happen in social gatherings, including within families, making a robust tracing programme a necessity to track the spread of the virus in the community.
In the Lleida region of Catalonia, a judge ruled against the implementation of a local lockdown last month - prompting the region's leader Quim Torra to slam the "bureaucratic obstacles" in the way of rolling out public health policy.
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