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The move allows some businesses that can't operate remotely to reopen, even as most citizens remain under stay-at-home orders. But critics warn it may be too soon to let up.

Despite the increase, Spain's figures suggest the rate of new infections has begun to slow, according to a spokeswoman for the government's health emergency center.

Spain is now the second European country with a death toll higher than China's. Spain's health ministry says it is buying more than 5 million coronavirus "quick tests" from China.

The Spanish military found residents of some care homes "completely abandoned" and "dead in their beds," Spain's defense minister announced Monday. Spain has more than 39,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Organizers have called off the annual Mobile World Congress in Spain after a slew of high-profile tech companies pulled out, citing concerns over the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

When media called him one of the few actors of color nominated for an Oscar, many Spaniards mocked the term or got angry.

The Vox party, which takes tough stances against immigration and regional independence drives, became the third-largest party in Spanish parliament.

The exhumation began Thursday morning. Spain's Supreme Court ruled unanimously last month the government could move Franco's remains from the Valley of the Fallen, where he's been buried since 1975.

This year, the European Union has had almost triple the average number of wildfires. NPR follows a special unit into the woods in Spain to see how they let them burn for prevention.