COVID-19: State of emergency in Spain to extend to April 26 as rise in infections slows

COVID-19

Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Prime Minister said on Saturday he would ask parliament to extend lockdown measures by 15 more days until April 26, as infections and deaths rates slowed again in one of the world’s worst-hit nation.

The Prime Minister in a nationwide television broadcast, said the current lockdown was beginning to show results, but he was quick to warn that Saturday’s extension of the country’s state of emergency would not be the last.

“We are at the start of the decrease in the epidemic. We are stronger than we think but we have to endure. With sacrifice, resistance and the spirit of victory,” he said, adding that some economic restrictions would be lifted after Easter.

“We are not going to extend the standstill of economic activity,” he said. Shops, bars and restaurants will, however, remain closed.

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