Catalonia to exit state of alarm on Thursday at midnight

Catalonia will enter a new phase in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday at midnight, as it prepares to exit the Spanish-led state of alarm after the government regained control of all its last regions.

On June 18, the regions of Barcelona and Lleida reached Phase 3 of the Spanish government’s de-escalation plan—the last stage of the process, when regional governments regain full control of key sectors in the fight against Covid-19.

While the state of alarm officially ends on June 21, the Catalan government has decided to speed up the de-escalation and announce a set of measures for the so-called “new normality", after president Quim Torra signed a decree putting an end to the state of alarm in Catalonia.