Patients in Spain back in hospitals

Not two months after battling back the coronavirus, Spain’s hospitals are beginning to see patients struggling to breathe returning to their wards.

The deployment of a military emergency brigade to set up a field hospital in Zaragoza this week is a grim reminder that Spain is far from claiming victory over the coronavirus that devastated the European country in March and April.

Authorities said the field hospital was a precaution, but no one has forgotten scenes of hospitals filled to capacity and the daily death toll reaching more than 900 fatalities a few months ago.