Extended twice, the current measures are set to expire at midnight on May 9. FMTNews Spain
MADRID: Spain’s coalition government warned the opposition Monday it could spark “chaos” in the healthcare system and the economy if it failed to approve an extension of the lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.
But this time, the main opposition Popular Party has said it will not extend the move, raising the political stakes as Spain slowly begins easing restrictions that have kept nearly 47 million people at home for the past 50 days. But Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos warned that any such move would have serious repercussions, saying it “could bring chaos to Spain’s health system and its economy” and “end the best defence we have against Covid”.Experts believe the epidemic peaked on April 2, when 950 people died over 24 hours, and last week the government unveiled its plans for exiting the lockdown in a phased rollback due to be completed by the end of June.
In Portugal, the conservative opposition has rallied around Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s minority Socialist government.
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