116 families of Covid-19 victims filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and 22 cabinet members for delay and reprimand in fighting the pandemic.

The 11 lawyers of the Zaballos Constitutional Protection Fund, representing 116 families with nCoV deaths, have filed a lawsuit with the Spanish Supreme Court this week accusing Prime Minister Sánchez and other members of the government.

The lawsuit aims to hold the Spanish government accountable for the dead, for "delaying the issuance of necessary measures, acting recklessly and failing to fulfill its responsibility to prevent and limit the effects of the death."

"The deaths need an explanation and deserve a thorough investigation. We want the court to take this case and conduct an interrogation and testimony so everyone can know what actually happened."

According to Zaballos, the government failed to take preventive measures for more than a month after the nCoV cases were reported in Spain.

However, Ignacio González Vega, a judge and spokesman for the Association of Democratic Judges, said he did not expect the Supreme Court to accept the case.

"We are in a special situation. It is difficult to attribute responsibility for deaths to the administration of the government, because in all other countries so many people die because of nCoV.

Spain is currently the largest epidemic area in Europe and the second largest in the world, just after the US, with nearly 270,000 people infected and nearly 27,000 people died of nCoV.