SPAIN
Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories
...Some factory and construction workers in Spain were set to return to work on Monday, with police to hand out face masks at metro and train stations.
The fortnight of “economic hibernation” is about to be lifted, drawing criticism from some regional leaders and unions, but the rest of the lockdown restrictions in the nation of around 47 million people will remain in place.
VENEZUELA
Venezuelans return home as coronavirus piles more misery on migrants
...Maduro said migrants who tested positive would be sent to hospital while those who didn’t would be quarantined for two weeks in hotels. “We are taking all the preventive measures to ensure no positive cases get into Venezuela,” he said.
But David Smolansky, an exiled opposition politician tasked with defending Venezuelan migrants, claimed hundreds of returnees, including pregnant women and newborns, were being herded into quarantine in filthy government installations on the border. “These Venezuelans are being treated like cattle,” he tweeted.