MADRID – The Spanish capital is trying to get back on its feet after a 50-year record snowfall that paralyzed large parts of central Spain over the weekend.
It has now led to icy weather that is hampering the rollout of the much-needed vaccination against the coronavirus.With a sharp drop in temperatures on Monday and frost freezing much of the snow, which reached more than 50 centimeters (20 inches) in some urban areas, authorities are calling on people to avoid all but essential trips out of their homes.Nearly 700 roads remain affected throughout Spain, with winter tires or chains needed on roughly half of them, transit authority DGT said.In Madrid, authorities are calling on citizens to avoid using the few lanes that civil protection and.