25 Feb, 2020 @ 15:38
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BREAKING: Confirmed case of coronavirus in Barcelona is first on mainland Spain

Breaking news at The Olive Press

MAINLAND Spain has its first confirmed coronavirus case. 

A patient has tested positive for the disease in Barcelona, according to respected Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

The case has reportedly been confirmed by the Catalunya health authorities.

It comes after a hotel in Tenerife and its more than 1,000 guests have been placed under quarantine.

An Italian doctor there tested positive for coronavirus while holidaying with his wife.

He admitted himself to a local medical centre.

It comes as Italy has become the third most affected country in the world after China and South Korea respectively.

The European nation has seen at least 230 infected and seven killed.

This is a breaking story that is being constantly updated…

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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