Spain extended the high alert

the Spanish Government has extended the high alert in the country due coronavirus. This was stated by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in a televised address to the population on Saturday evening, April 18.

the Corresponding mode will run the country until may 9th. Now the decision of the Cabinet needs to endorse the lower house of Parliament — the Congress of deputies. According to Sanchez, due to the difficult epidemiological situation in the country it is to cancel the isolation measures impossible.

on April 17, it became known that the Spanish authorities in may 2020 plan to present the concept of unconditional basic income. The amount of the allowance has not been established, however, the authorities previously discussed, a figure of 500 euros. The initiative is designed for all citizens, but above all it should improve the position of Hispanics, whose incomes have suffered the most due pandemic coronavirus.

According to the draft Johns Hopkins University, in Spain 191,7 thousand cases of infection with coronavirus. A total of 20 043 man died, 74.6 thousands were cured of disease.