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Barring Italy, the coronavirus has killed more people in Spain than anywhere else, overloading the public health system and triggering a lockdown that has brought economic activity to a virtual standstill.

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In pics: Spain grapples with coronavirus

Ambulance workers push a wheelchair with a patient at a nursing home during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Leganes Madrid, near Madrid, Spain.

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Ambulance workers help an elder woman get into the ambulance, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Leganes, near Madrid, Spain. (Reuters)

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Medical staff wearing protective gear arrive with a patient to an emergency room at Severo Ochoa Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Leganes, Spain. (Reuters)

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Pharmacy employees sing as people applaud them from their windows and balconies as part of an event organized through social media to show gratitude to healthcare workers during a partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a pharmacy in Ronda, southern Spain. (Reuters)

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Medical staff work at a temporary hospital inside IFEMA conference centre, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Madrid, Spain. (Reuters)

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Funeral workers wearing protective suits carry a coffin out of the morgue at Severo Ochoa Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Leganes, Spain. (Reuters)

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Ambulance workers wearing protective gear arrive with a patient at La Princesa hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain. (Reuters)

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Medical workers applaud to pay tribute to all the medical workers who are dealing with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at La Princesa hospital in Madrid, Spain. (Reuters)

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Ambulance workers in full protective gear arrive with a patient at the Severo Ochoa Hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Leganes, Spain. (Reuters)

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Members of the Spanish army wearing protective suits leave an ice rink, being used as a morgue, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain. (Reuters)

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