Spain has no plans for new lockdown despite fresh Covid-19 outbreaks

Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo said on Tuesday that the government could reimpose emergency measures in all or parts of the country if there are any coronavirus outbreaks that spiral out of control. “If there is ever a time when we have a serious situation, the government could easily decree a state of alarm in part of the territory, if not in all of it,” she said in an interview on Spanish television channel Antena 3. “Hopefully we won’t have to do that. But we are categorical about protecting health. If the moment comes, the government will show responsibility.” But soon after, government spokesperson María Jesús Montero insisted that there are “no short-term or mid-term plans” to reintroduce a state of alarm in Spain again.