MADRID, April 23 — Spain’s government apologised for causing confusion over new lockdown rules for children on Thursday, while a scientific study suggested the new coronavirus may have been circulating among the population longer than previously thought. With Europe’s second highest death...
Thursday, 23 Apr 2020 11:21 PM MYT
With Europe’s second highest death toll of 22,157 and the world’s second most cases at 213,024, Spain has some of the toughest restrictions in Europe. But a slowdown in the infection rate has prompted an easing of some measures. In Madrid, authorities began shutting down hotels that had been hastily converted into medical centres after the disease’s lightning-fast propagation left city hospitals unable to cope.
Hotels saw a 66 per cent plunge in foreign visitors in March, even though a shutdown only came late in the month. Tourism accounts for 12 per cent of gross domestic product in the world’s second-most visited nation.
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