Spain Has Overcome Peak of Virus Epidemic, Health Minister Says

Beds at the Hospital Del Mar temporary field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Barcelona.Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg

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By Thomas Gualtieri

April 13, 2020 at 1:21 PM UTC

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Spain has already overcome the peak of the coronavirus epidemic and will now focus on bending the infection curve, according to Health Minister Salvador Illa.

“We’ve reached the peak of the epidemic and the goal we have this week is to consolidate the second stage and bend the curve” of infections, Illa said Monday in a news conference.