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The regional government of Spain’s Balearic Islands are finalising a resolution that will make face masks mandatory in all public spaces in the archipelago even when social distancing rules can be respected. The measure will come into effect this weekend, according to sources from the regional government. The Balearic Islands is the second region to adopt such a measure after Catalonia introduced the mandatory use of face masks yesterday.

The head of Volkswagen’s Spanish brand SEAT says the country needs to “wake up” and follow other European countries in giving more incentives for electric cars. The comments from interim chairman Carsten Isensee came as SEAT announced a step up in investment to 5 billion euros for the next five years and said it was prepared to build electric cars in Spain, if the government did more to help.

A survey of 2,500 health professionals published by the Institute for Better Healthcare says most health workers did not have the means to face coronavirus when it hit hospitals in Spain. Not only were they exposed to Covid-19 due to the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), they were also not given basic training on how to manage coronavirus patients and to avoid contagion. 71.5% of healthcare workers said that […]