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El Roto cartoon, March 27, 2020
Spain records highest daily rise in coronavirus deaths with 769 fatalities
Government says protective gear is on its way, and insists the food supply chain is guaranteed
Unreliability of new tests delays effort to slow coronavirus spread in Spain
Health officials say the material was bought from a Chinese company that met EU criteria, but China says the manufacturer did not have an official license to sell its products
Coronavirus in Spain: Five crises rolled into one
Overburdened hospitals, a shortage of protective gear and testing kits that never arrive. The pandemic is reaching its peak without enough resources or a real picture of the true spread of the disease
The surprising similarities between the ‘Spanish flu’ and the coronavirus pandemic
The initial response to the 1918 outbreak was to play it down, and later efforts at disinfection and social distancing proved insufficient to stop the spread of a disease that killed over 147,000 in Spain in one year
¿Qué? S04E10: UK ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott discusses the coronavirus crisis
We also catch up with Chris Dottie, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce, and Martin Makepeace, the president of the British Association of San Antonio, Ibiza
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