CORONAVIRUS | It will do 'whatever is necessary' to stem a rising tide of cases, including shutting down schools and suspending flights from Italy.
| Spain said on Tuesday it would do "whatever is necessary" to try and stem a rising tide of coronavirus cases, shutting down schools in several regions, suspending flights from Italy and advising against all non-essential travel.
And the Lower House of Parliament decided to close down for at least a week after far-right Vox lawmaker Javier Ortega Smith was diagnosed with the virus, while banks and other companies across the country told staff to work from home. Spain, the Euro Zone's fourth-largest economy, has so far reported 36 deaths and 1,639 coronavirus cases, a sharp surge from the 589 cases recorded on Sunday.
The government is expected to unveil a package of measures at a cabinet meeting on Thursday. Steps could include credit lines for small- and medium-sized firms as well as measures to help parents cope with school shutdowns. The Madrid City Council announced that municipal facilities, including sports centres and libraries, would also be closed, while shelves in some supermarkets were left bare as buyers rushed to stock up on essentials like pasta, toilet paper and cooking oil.
Santander and BBVA called on shareholders to participate remotely at their annual general meetings while a string of companies, including Mapfre, Naturgy and Telefonica, introduced measures to let staff work from home.Guests waved and cheered as they left a hotel in Tenerife, in the sunny Canary Islands, where they spent two weeks in lockdown after several cases of coronavirus were detected there.
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