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Spain Facing Concerning Pandemic Trend, Must React To Stop Surge

Pedestrians in Madrid, on Dec. 17. 

Photographer: Paul Hanna/Bloomberg
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Spain must react right away to stop the expansion of the coronavirus pandemic given a recent change in infection trends, according to the country’s health minister.

“Spain is facing a very concerning situation with the pandemic” as the trend of infections changes in many of the country’s regions, Health Minister Salvador Illa said in a press conference Friday. “We need to react,” he said, adding that vaccination will start in the country on Dec. 27.