Spanish king to lead July 16 ceremony for COVID-19 victims


  • World
  • Wednesday, 17 Jun 2020

FILE PHOTO: Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia attend a military parade after a ceremony to inaugurate the XIV Legislature at Parliament in Madrid, Spain February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - King Felipe of Spain will lead a ceremony, attended by top EU officials, on July 16 to honour the 27,000 victims of the COVID-19 pandemic and health workers, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday.

Spain is emerging from a three-month lockdown after suffering one the world's heaviest death tolls from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

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