Daily news for March 22, 2020 | EL PAÍS in English

Health personnel working at an Intensive Care Unit at La Paz Hospital in Madrid.

Spanish hospital workers on frontline of coronavirus crisis: “This is the war of our generation”

Pablo Linde / Ana Alfageme / Javier Martín-Arroyo|Madrid / Seville|22 Mar 2020 - 12:41UTC

Staff at Intensive Care Units across the country talk to EL PAÍS about the pressures and challenges they face when trying to save patients suffering from Covid-19

A patient is taken to the Ifema convention center, which has been converted into a temporary field hospital.

Coronavirus

Spanish government to extend state of alarm for 15 days

El País / José Marcos|Madrid|22 Mar 2020 - 10:14UTC

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made the decision after warning Spaniards that the number of coronavirus cases was set to rise over the next week

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez makes a public address to the nation.

CORONAVIRUS

Spanish PM on coronavirus crisis: “The worst is yet to come”

Carlos E. Cué|Madrid|22 Mar 2020 - 08:41UTC

In a national address on Saturday, Pedro Sánchez warned that the number of infections is set to rise next week and place the country’s healthcare system under even greater strain

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