Over the past week, authorities in the Spanish capital have detected 18 cases of the Delta variant, leading them to warn that the Covid-19 strain first identified in India could soon become the "predominant strain" in Spain in the coming weeks.
Spain will make all travellers arriving from India undergo a 10-day quarantine to prevent the potential spread of the Asian country’s coronavirus variant within the Spanish territory.
Eleven people have died of Covid-19 following an outbreak at a care home near Madrid which may be linked to the so-called British variant of the virus, officials said Friday.