Spain is planning to widen coronavirus testing to include people without symptoms as a first step towards slowly easing a lockdown in the nation with the second highest death toll from the global pandemic.
As with worst-hit Italy, Spain has seen the rate of new infections and deaths slow in recent days, giving cause for hope that the peak has passed.
Today, its health ministry reported a fourth consecutive daily drop in the number of coronavirus-related deaths. 637 fatalities were recorded over the past 24 hours, a 5% percent daily increase on the total to 13,055 but down from 12% a week ago and the lowest total in 13 days.