Spain puts 200,000 people in Catalonia back into lockdown as cases of coronavirus rise
The city of Lleida and the surrounding Segria county in Catalonia, Spain, have been placed back into lockdown. Pic: Hector Blanco de FrutosMore than 200,000 people in northeast Spain have been put back into an enforced lockdown following several new outbreaks of coronavirus.
Residents in the county of Segria, which includes the city of Lleida, in the Catalonia region, were told by authorities not to leave the area from midday on Saturday, and were given until 4pm local time to enter the area if outside.
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