HEALTH WARNINGS AS PARTY LEADS TO VIRUS SPIKE

Spaniards have been warned against throwing parties and hugging, after a birthday gathering was partly blamed for a regional resurgence in coronavirus cases.

According to local officials, four people who were already infected with COVID-19 attended the party earlier this month in Lleida, Catalonia, leading to all 20 attendees testing positive.

We are not yet in the new normal because we have to move slowly; there is still danger.” said Fernando Simon, pictured, head of the Spanish health ministry’s COVID-19 emergency department.