HOSPITALS NEAR ‘COLLAPSE’, MALL USED FOR DEAD

MADRID Nurses and doctors demanded action after Spain reported its sharpest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Tuesday and said about 14 per cent of the nearly 40,000 infections were among health workers. Nursing union SATSE said Madrid’s hospitals were on “the verge of collapse” and needed urgent support, while a doctors’ union said it had filed a lawsuit demanding protective equipment within 24 hours.

The capital’s Palacio de Hielo mall began operating as a makeshift mortuary after authorities said facilities were unable to cope.