Spain registers 31,785 COVID-19 cases over weekend while Madrid REFUSES to close down as emergency meeting with central government ends without agreement


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An extra-ordinary meeting this evening between the Minister of Health Salvador Illa and councillor for the Community of Madrid Enrique Ruiz Escudero has ended without an agreement, according to sources from the Madrid executive. Both officials met at the Ministry of Health to try to hash out their disagreements but no deal was reached. “The Government has presented itself with the same speech,” the sources told Spanish press. The central government is continuing to advocate for the closing of all of Madrid, while the Madrid executive continues to opt for selective confinements that it claims are beginning to give results....