Spain’s cumulative death toll from the coronavirus rose to 17,489 on Monday, up 517 from 16,972 on Sunday, the Health Ministry said. However, in a sign that the situation was taking a turn for the better, some businesses, including construction and manufacturing, were allowed to reopen. One company reopening, Burgos-based industrial group Nicolas Correa, said it would take measures to prioritise the health of its staff. The coronavirus is weighing heavily on the Spanish economy, with some 900,000 jobs lost since mid-March. “We’re talking about the worst economic situation since the(1936-39 Spanish) Civil War,” the former Spanish economy minister said in Sunday’s La Vanguardia newspaper.

Source: bd News24 April 13, 2020 09:45 UTC