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Spain's health minister says COVID epidemic not controlled, considering more curbs

Reuters WORLD
Published October 22,2020
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A hospital staff prepares to treat a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), after Catalonia's government imposed new restrictions in an effort to control the virus in Barcelona, Spain, October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Spain's health minister said on Thursday that the country's coronavirus pandemic was not under control and that drastic measures were needed to combat it.

Salvador Illa said his administration was discussing more restrictions on mobility with regional authorities, and that he expected the pandemic to make life tough for the next five or six months.

On Wednesday, Spain became the first country in Western Europe to surpass the one-million-case threshold.