Lockdown measures and rising anger in Madrid as Covid takes hold again
(WorldNews Europe)

People in the queue to be tested for Covid-19 at the Buenos Aires health centre in south Madrid on Friday morning were met with a bleak but polite homemade sign. It still bore the previous day`s information, spelled out in marker pen: consultations – by phone and in person – 483; Covid consultations, 19; PCR tests, 78; and number of staff absent, 13. Clipped beneath was another note: “We`re doing all we can to look after you. Sorry for the disruption.” The board`s plaintive message is echoing across many of the poorest parts of the Madrid region as a second wave of coronavirus batters Spain, and once again threatens to overwhelm the health system in and around the capital. During the past...