MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 27: Minute of silence to honor dead due to coronavirus outbreak at the plenary session of control to the Government, focused on post-COVID 19 measures, the repeal of the labor reform and the dismissal by the Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, of the colonel chief of the Civil Guard Diego Pérez de los Cobos, in the Congress of Deputies on May 27, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images) (Photo by Europa Press News/Europa Press via Getty Images)
Spain held a moment of silence at noon on Wednesday (6aET) to honor those who have died of coronavirus.
Live images broadcast on Spanish television channels showed businesses, markets, streets and the country’s parliament at a standstill.
The silent tribute marked the start of 10 days of national mourning, during which flags will fly at half-staff on all government and public buildings.
At least 27,117 people have died of coronavirus in Spain since the pandemic began, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
