El año de la pandemia

On January 13, 2020, Salvador Illa took possession of his new position: Minister of Health. That same day, on the other side of the world, the alerts began to sound in Wuhan. After a reasonable time has elapsed and one of the worst health crises in history has been overcome, it is time to take stock and account for what has happened. This is a first-person chronicle of a year that passed at a frenetic pace, a book that immerses us in the back room of power, a small crisis room from which he led and coordinated the work of hundreds of professionals and in which it was impossible to isolate oneself from the seriousness and tension with which people lived in Spain in those days. In the voice of Salvador Illa, probably the person who treasures the most information about the pandemic, the work sheds light on the decisions made, describes the climate in which those weeks in the ministry passed and reveals many of the obstacles that had to be overcome. A fundamental testimony of the recent history of our country that helps to draw important conclusions and lessons for our future.