Feeling the pinch from coronavirus, Spain’s new poor queue for basics

Feeling the pinch from coronavirus, Spain's new poor queue for basics

People queue to receive donated food from volunteers of Vecinos Parque Aluche association as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19 By Graham Keeley and Elena Rodriguez

MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Some of Spain’s new coronavirus poor stood in long queues in the working-class district of Aluche on Saturday waiting to pick up bags of basic necessities, abruptly tipped into dependence on handouts by the pandemic.

A neighbourhood association has organised a food bank and volunteers were handing out food and other essentials. About 800 families received assistance this weekend, the Aluche Neighbourhood Association said."My son is disabled. I have not had […]

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