Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday, May 31st in a televised event addressed the countries' regional governments to try and obtain a sixth and final further two-week extension to the already ongoing “STATE OF ALARMA" up until June 21st. The vote is due this Wednesday, June 3rd, but Sánchez said the extension will be much “milder" than any of the previous extensions.

Spain was due to move to phase three on June 7th, but on Wednesday, May 20th, the Spanish government voted to extend the “STATE OF ALARMA" for the fifth time.

Mr Sánchez was explaining to regional presidents that experts and health authorities of Spain have recommended that movement between provinces should be held back for a further two more weeks.

The Valencia region as of today June 1st has moved to phase two on the easing of the lockdown process. Regional governments will soon have their own powers returned as of June 21st where Spain will be at phase three.

Phase three will be the final stage of Spain's battle with the coronavirus. All four stages from zero to three would have been completed and Spain would return to a “new normality". When we reach phase three of the “STATE OF ALARMA" this will represent the end of restrictions and all regional presidents will have their powers returned. They will then have to manage the speed of the de-escalation including movements between regions.