Spain Warns the ‘Worst Is Yet to Come’ as Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 1,300

Spain Warns the ‘Worst Is Yet to Come’ as Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 1,300
A member of the Military Emergency Unit disinfects a hospital amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Oviedo, Spain, on March 17, 2020. Reuters/Eloy Alonso
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MADRID—The Spanish government said on Saturday it would do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and warned that “the worst is yet to come” after the national toll surpassed 1,300 deaths and reached close to 25,000 cases.

The second-worst outbreak in Europe showed no sign of slowing as the death toll jumped by more than 300 from the previous day. Intensive care units are filling up in some hospitals.