The day Spain was supposed to go into lockdown again

TODAY is September 18, it would be a normal day under the circumstances, had it not been earmarked by scaremongering reports over a month ago as the day Spain would be going back into lockdown.

On August 9, a freebie published a report in its website under the headline "Spain Set To LOCKDOWN Friday the 18th September with Three Phase System closing borders with France & Portugal," and it even included alleged ' quotes' from ' MPs' saying this was going to be the case ( the names of such MPs were never given).

The three- phase system ended- up as a full- phase hoax denied categorically by the ministry of health.

Who knows? The way the Spanish government seems to change its strategies overnight ( not the only one doing this, right Boris?) by the time you are reading this, Spain may be in national lockdown, but the chances are it's not.

That scaremongering report did not even make its own print edition. It was a hoax, just as the one that appeared a few days before in a French newspaper claiming exactly the same... so join the dots if you're looking for the reliable Googletranslated sources.

But only today can we genuinely prove it wrong - despite a very weak attempt of an apology by the publishers that basically blamed the government, resentful residents, official misinformation, anti- freebie campaigners and a list of others instead of printing a simple ' Mea Culpa'.

However, despite the fake news and the failed attempt at becoming Covid Nostradamus, the truth is a nationwide lockdown cannot be categorically out ruled over the next few weeks, or months.

Spain has this week reached the sad record of over 600,000 people infected and over 30,000 dead - officially that is, for some insist the real figure is more in the line of over 50,000 as many who died having Covid- 19 symptoms at their homes or care centres are not added to the official statistic unless they had a positive PCR test result first.

Spain is now Europe's worst affected nation by far ( excluding Russia that is).

Last time round the national lockdown was the quickest, and by far the most draconian, solution - but its effects on the economy and general mental welfare of the population were too great to be ignored now.

Local lockdowns seem to be the way to go today.

Madrid's southern districts have been the latest to be added to this list of local ' exclusion zones'. Admittedly this will be very difficult to police and no doubt Covidiots will do their sad best to flout the rules, but as we have pointed out before in CBNews, the only truly efficient measure taken in Spain to fight new coronavirus has been lockdowns.

Local lockdowns have proven effective in areas of the Basque Country, Aragón and Lérida, where cases rocketed at the beginning of this second wave.

Closer to home we have seen local lockdowns in Benigamín ( still in place), Totana ( Murcia) and districts of Murcia city.

These local lockdowns are proving effective and could eventually put the brakes on Spain's rocketing figures.

It's time to keep an eye on local figures to see how close your town is to a potential ' surgical lockdown' situation.

By the way, although we call them local lockdowns, the specifics vary in many cases and the majority are not as draconian as the national lockdown decreed in March and April. The new local lockdowns basically forbid people entering or leaving the areas affected, but those living there are allowed to use local services, bars and cafes are open ( with tighter restrictions) and people are allowed to leave their homes without the dreaded set time schedules we saw during the lockdown exit plan.

So, today doesn't seem to be the forecast ' doomsday' but it's still gloom day... let's hope we can get through this and begin to see some blooming days ( and we'd prefer not to wait until spring for that).