Authorities in Catalonia on Sunday urged more than 96,000 people in three towns to stay at home, as coronavirus cases continued to rise in one of ...
A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street in Barcelona, Spain, Jul 17, 2020. MADRID: Authorities in Catalonia on Sunday urged more than 96,000 people in three towns to stay at home, as COVID-19 cases continued to rise in one of Spain's worst-hit regions.
This is in addition to about 4 million people in the region, including in its capital Barcelona, that were on Friday urged to stay at home as regional authorities toughened their response to the crisis.In a statement on Sunday, authorities urged people living in Figueres and Vilafant, in the province of Girona, and Sant Feliu de Llobregat, near Barcelona, to stay at home except for essential journeys.
The latest figures from Catalonia's regional health ministry on Saturday showed a daily increase of 1,226 cases. The stay-home call stops short of imposing a mandatory lockdown, but is the strongest measure taken to returning people to home confinement since Spain emerged from a nationwide lockdown last month.
New measures include a ban on meetings of more than 10 people. Bars and restaurants will be allowed to open, but at 50 per cent capacity inside and with a 2m distance between tables outside.Spain, one of Europe's hardest-hit countries with more than 28,000 COVID-19 deaths, emerged from a strict national lockdown on Jun 21. But since then more than 170 infection clusters have sprung up, prompting regional authorities to impose a patchwork of local restrictions.
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