15 May, 2020 @ 19:12
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BREAKING: Malaga and Granada WILL enter Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus de-escalation plan on Monday

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MALAGA and Granada will enter Phase 1 of the COVID-19 de-escalation plan on Monday. 

The announcement was made by director of health emergencies Fernando Simon alongside health minister Salvador Illa on Friday night.

Madrid will remain in Phase 0 following ‘important discussions’ with regional leaders, added Simon.

In Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Ciudad Real and Albacete will also advance into Phase 1.

Parts of Catalunya and areas of Barcelona will also remain in Phase 0, as will the majority of Castilla y Leon.

In total, some 30% of the population will remain in Phase 0.

Meanwhile, the island of Formentera and the three Canary Islands which passed into Phase 1 last week will enter Phase 2 on Monday (May 18).

The rest of Valencia region will also pass into Phase 1, as revealed by government sources earlier on Friday.

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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