23 Mar, 2020 @ 09:56
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Mother and father-in-law of Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez test positive for coronavirus

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TWO further relatives of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez have tested positive for coronavirus. 

The PSOE leader’s mother and father-in-law were admitted to the Puerta de Hierro University Hospital in Majadahonda in Madrid on Saturday after confirming their diagnoses.

Both are considered to be at risk due to their ages.

“Many families in this country are experiencing a similar situation,” Sanchez told OkDiario, “My family is neither more nor less important than the rest of the families in this country.”

It comes after Sanchez’s wife Begoña Gomez also contracted coronavirus, leading Sanchez to place himself under quarantine.

Gomez and Sanchez’s mother took part in the huge 8-M protests and can be seen in many photographs with Carolina Darias, another minister who tested positive for COVID-19.

The number of cases in Spain is expected to surpass the 30,000 mark when new figures are revealed on Monday.

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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