Overview
- Illa says he will return progressively to in‑person duties on February 16 with doctors’ approval, after posts on social media and a statement from Vall d’Hebron Hospital.
- The hospital reports a very favorable evolution with full mobility recovered, though antibiotic therapy and rehabilitation continue under standard protocols of about two months.
- He is scheduled to deliver an institutional statement at 8:10 a.m. from the Palau de la Generalitat’s Galeria Gòtica before a limited public agenda.
- During his medical leave, Presidency minister Albert Dalmau assumed the president’s functions, which will be lifted as Illa retakes direct control.
- His return lands as the Govern confronts the Rodalies rail crisis triggered by the fatal Gelida accident, rolling strikes and severe weather, alongside budget talks underway with Comuns and still unresolved with ERC.