At least three times a day, Nuggets assistant coach Jordi Fernandez transports to Spain, where his parents, uncles, aunt, cousins, sister, grandma and friends all grapple with their new reality.
The FaceTime calls provide a small reprieve for Fernandez, 37, who’s watched from afar as the coronavirus pandemic yanks at the threads of his country. On Wednesday, Spain’s death toll surpassed that of China, where the virus originated. At 5,690 deaths and rising, Spain trailed only Italy, where the outbreak had claimed 10,000 lives heading into Sunday.
Last week Madrid converted a popular ice rink to help store bodies because the funeral homes and hospitals have been overwhelmed.