Coronavirus: Spain readies to ease lockdown, but warns that discipline is needed

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MADRID (REUTERS) - Spain's lockdown is making progress against the new coronavirus but a gradual easing from next week will require even more discipline, officials said on Wednesday (April 29), after the country recorded 325 deaths from the infection overnight.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MADRID - Spain's lockdown is making progress against the new coronavirus but a gradual easing from next week will require even more discipline, officials said on Wednesday , after the country recorded 325 deaths from the infection overnight.

The country's overall death toll from the virus rose by 453 to 24,275, the health ministry said, adding that the additional cases were from the previous days in the region of Galicia. He said the so-called"R" rate - the average number of infections that one person with the virus causes - stood at below one in almost all areas of the country.Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced late on Tuesday a four-phase plan to lift the lockdown that would culminate in a return to normality by the end of June.

Health Minister Salvador Illa said the rules on visiting friends and family would be provided in the coming days.

 

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