El País

More than 5,000 hospital beds have been set up at the Ifema convention center in Madrid, while police at checkpoints will be stopping people from traveling

Officials admit the worst is yet to come as Spain exceeds 1,000 deaths and field hospitals start going up across the country

Criticized by government officials for “misrepresenting the truth,” Quim Torra later said his words had been poorly translated

Health authorities warn that the figures may not indicate the true scale of the local transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Bank of Spain warns that the economy will experience “an unprecedented disturbance” due to the pandemic

Despite the situation, there are still around 100,000 tourists at hotels on the Canary and Balearic Islands

The number of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus has now reached 17,174 in the country, with 3,431 new cases in a day

Dozens of seniors are reported dead at nursing homes while the foreign ministry asks Spaniards living abroad to stay where they are

More people are probably going to die, says a healthcare source familiar with the situation at the center

Pedro Sánchez addressed a near-empty parliament on Wednesday, to explain the measures the government is taking to combat the coronavirus pandemic

“We are not ruling out closing the airspace,” said Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Tuesday, after land borders were shut on Monday night

Unidas Podemos and regional parties want a congressional inquiry into alleged Swiss bank accounts tied to Felipe VI’s father Juan Carlos I

The priority for the administration now, as well as stopping the spread of the pandemic, will be the minimizing of the economic damage caused by the crisis

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska says only Spaniards, residents and citizens who cite force majeure will be able to enter national territory from midnight

Madrid government believes fall in the number of new cases will only be seen in the region after 10 days of total lockdown

Emeritus king Juan Carlos I has also been stripped of annual stipend in bid to distance the reigning monarch from supposed financial irregularities

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez holds video conference call with regional premiers, after state of alarm gives central government powers across the entire Spanish territory

There was also controversy on Saturday when Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias attended a Cabinet meeting, despite his partner being infected

After a seven-hour Cabinet meeting, Pedro Sánchez announces the government’s plans after approving the state of alarm in Spain

Draft decree includes banning all journeys in Spain apart from travel to work or to buy food. The delay on Saturday was reportedly due to differences between the Socialists and their coalition partners, Unidas Podemos

The latest information supplied by the central Health Ministry puts the number of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 at 5,700, with at least 136 deaths from the Covid-19 disease

Valencia follows suit, while Murcia confines 376,000 people in several coastal towns for two weeks

The measure will allow the authorities to limit the movement of citizens and to ration the use of services in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus

The leader of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, has announced via Twitter that he has Covid-19. The Spanish royal family has tested negative for the virus

Madrid mayor is considering closing bars and restaurants as cases in the region reach 2,000