Catalans vote in test of separatist movement

A man working at a polling station has his temperature taken (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

Voting has started in Spain’s north-eastern Catalonia as 5.3 million voters are called to cast their ballots in an election that will test the region’s secessionist movement.

Salvador Illa, who was in charge of Spain’s coronavirus response as its health minister until last month, will lead the ticket of the Socialist Party of