NPR: Spain’s Coronavirus Death Toll Soars Past China’s, Trailing Only Italy

The details coming out of Spain are grim. The Washington Post reports:

Covid-19, the disease that develops from the novel coronavirus, is particularly dangerous for the elderly and has swept through the country’s nursing homes. The military took control of all residential facilities this week, making macabre discoveries when they did so. In a television interview, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said soldiers had found elderly residents abandoned by staff and left “dead in their beds.”