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Oriol Güell

CORONAVIRUS

Spain reports 93,822 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the highest weekend figure so far

Oriol Güell/El País|Barcelona / Madrid | 26-01-2021 - 09:02 UTC

The Health Ministry says the country has likely reached the peak of the third wave but warns the situation in hospitals is “critical”

CORONAVIRUS

Spain reports 61,422 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the highest weekend figure so far

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 12-01-2021 - 06:24 UTC

Health Ministry representative calls for responsibility, saying citizens had “had a better time at Christmas than we should have done”

CORONAVIRUS

Coronavirus cases in Spain officially top two million

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 08-01-2021 - 10:31 UTC

The Health Ministry says it does not recommend closing schools, despite the rising number of cases, with 42,360 new contagions recorded in two days

CORONAVIRUS

New strain of coronavirus has been circulating in Spain for two weeks, experts conclude

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 06-01-2021 - 08:12 UTC

The mutation of SARS-CoV-2 first identified in the United Kingdom has been detected by a research foundation in Valencia in two patients with no epidemiological connection to the country

CORONAVIRUS

Coronavirus cases up by 23,700 in a single day in Spain, with hospital pressure rising

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 06-01-2021 - 07:20 UTC

The worsening data is likely to be underreported, given the slowdown in testing due to the recent national holidays over the Christmas season

CORONAVIRUS

Holidays conceal magnitude of third coronavirus wave in Spain

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 04-01-2021 - 14:41 UTC

Testing fell 13% during the Christmas period and data reporting has been distorted by shorter working weeks, leaving health authorities uncertain about the real situation even as infections soar

CORONAVIRUS

Europe moves to limit social contact to household bubbles amid surge in coronavirus cases

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 22-10-2020 - 06:31 UTC

The new restrictions are aimed at preventing a total lockdown and mean that people can only socialize with a limited number outside of their home

CORONAVIRUS

What is behind the spike in coronavirus cases in Catalonia?

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 15-10-2020 - 10:42 UTC

Experts blame the rising number of infections on the return to school, lifestyle changes and Barcelona’s relationship with contagion hotspots such as Madrid

CORONAVIRUS

Minister’s warning to Madrid government: ‘You can’t play with public health’

Oriol Güell/Isabel Valdés/Manuel Viejo | 14-10-2020 - 07:32 UTC

The ongoing battles between the two administrations continued last night, with regional premier Isabel Díaz Ayuso of the PP claiming Madrileños are being ‘held hostage’ by new coronavirus confinements

CORONAVIRUS

Amid confusion over rules, doctors and health experts call on Madrileños to respect coronavirus restrictions

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 09-10-2020 - 09:53 UTC

Specialists warn that residents may become more complacent about safety measures after the Madrid High Court struck down the perimetral lockdowns in the region

CORONAVIRUS

Health Ministry reports 12,400 new coronavirus cases and 126 fatalities

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 09-10-2020 - 08:17 UTC

Authorities call for Madrileños to act “responsibly” after restrictions on movement are struck down by the Madrid High Court

CORONAVIRUS

Madrid, Catalonia reject deal to confine areas with high coronavirus contagion levels

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 30-09-2020 - 11:10 UTC

Several Spanish regions opt out of a plan introducing stricter restrictions to curb soaring transmission

CORONAVIRUS

Madrid, Health Ministry reach deal that could see the Spanish capital confined

Manuel Viejo/Oriol Güell/Jessica Mouzo|Madrid / Barcelona | 30-09-2020 - 07:11 UTC

The two sides have agreed that coronavirus criteria will be uniform for all cities in Spain with more than 100,000 inhabitants

CORONAVIRUS

As schools reopen, Spain sees highest spike in new cases of second Covid-19 wave

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 08-09-2020 - 09:07 UTC

Madrid continues to be the region of greatest concern, with the cumulative incidence of the virus reaching 520 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

CORONAVIRUS

“The mortality rate is the last thing to rise but then it’s very difficult to get it down”

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 31-08-2020 - 08:25 UTC

Experts are predicting an increase in coronavirus fatalities in Spain three weeks after infections began to spike. The only solution to combat this, they all agree, is to reduce transmission

CORONAVIRUS

Spanish health authorities support reopening of schools despite surge in coronavirus cases

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 28-08-2020 - 08:14 UTC

According to the latest figures, more than 9,600 Covid-19 infections were reported on Thursday, the highest figure of Spain’s second wave

EDUCATION

Spanish government, regions agree that children over age of six will have to wear masks in schools

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 27-08-2020 - 11:44 UTC

Under the plans drawn up by the Health Ministry, and which are being finalized today, education centers will only close if coronavirus transmission becomes uncontrolled, with quarantines for ‘bubble’ groups if cases are detected in students or staff

CORONAVIRUS

Pressure on Madrid hospitals rising as Covid-19 cases surge in Spain once more

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 27-08-2020 - 08:10 UTC

The Health Ministry reported 7,296 new coronavirus cases across the country on Wednesday, without counting data from the Valencia region

Coronavirus

Major coronavirus study in Spanish summer camps shows low transmission among children

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 26-08-2020 - 12:50 UTC

The research project, which tracked 1,900 youngsters and monitors in Barcelona, found contagion rates that were up to six times lower than those among the general population

CORONAVIRUS

Spain reports more than 7,000 coronavirus cases, overtaking the US in new infections

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 26-08-2020 - 07:48 UTC

Madrid continues to register the highest number of positives, while the situation is improving in regions such as Aragón and Catalonia

CORONAVIRUS

Ministry: Madrid must take ‘drastic measures’ if coronavirus cases continue to rise

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 25-08-2020 - 06:25 UTC

Spain has now confirmed 405,000 positive cases since the epidemic took hold in March, with 46,000 new infections detected since last Monday

CORONAVIRUS

Why is Spain being hit again by the coronavirus pandemic?

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 24-08-2020 - 07:05 UTC

EL PAÍS spoke with experts about the rise in Covid-19 cases, which they blamed on a hasty deescalation process and said must be addressed with better contact tracing and data management

CORONAVIRUS

With 7,039 new coronavirus cases in Spain, ministry warns: ‘Things are not going well’

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 21-08-2020 - 06:41 UTC

Health official Fernando Simón explained on Thursday that while “the epidemic is not out of control on a national level,” it is in some specific areas of the country

CORONAVIRUS

Coronavirus deaths reported by Spain’s Health Ministry beginning to rise

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 20-08-2020 - 06:59 UTC

The number of Covid-19 victims in the last week stands at 131, a figure 11 times higher than that reported just a month ago and twice the number reported on Tuesday

CORONAVIRUS

World Health Organization attributes travel restrictions on Spain to doubts about management of outbreaks

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 19-08-2020 - 07:21 UTC

The comments from epidemiologist Bruce Aylward came on the same day that the country was confirmed to have the highest infection rate per 100,000 inhabitants in Europe

CORONAVIRUS

New coronavirus cases in Spain begin to stabilize, but hospitalizations are rising

Oriol Güell|Barcelona | 19-08-2020 - 06:38 UTC

The Health Ministry reported more than 5,000 new infections on Tuesday, a third of them detected in the Madrid region

CORONAVIRUS

Spain reports 37,000 new coronavirus infections in the last week

Oriol Güell|Madrid | 18-08-2020 - 07:14 UTC

Madrid, Aragón and the Basque Country are at the top of the list for newly reported cases, with an 11% rise in total confirmed infections since the epidemic began

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