A health worker stands inside Intensive Care Unit at La Paz hospital amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - A clash between Madrid's regional authorities and the Spanish government over how to contain the city's surging coronavirus caseload is provoking growing discontent among residents in poorer areas who say they have been unfairly targeted.
"The politicians can't agree among themselves and the poor are always the worst affected," said Daisy Mencia, a resident of the working-class Vallecas neighbourhood, which is entering its second week of confinement measures.
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