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Spain currently has the 2nd-highest number of Covid-19 cases in Europe after Italy.
“Heroism is also washing your hands and staying home,” Sanchez said in a televised address to the nation on Friday. But, in a sign of brewing tensions between regions and his administration, some regional leaders called on the central government to provide more support. Although advised not to, people would still be allowed to move within Catalonia – Spain’s second-wealthiest region of over 7 million – except in those towns already on lockdown, he added.
Her government in Spain’s richest region said that starting at midnight and until at least March 26, bars, restaurants and shops, except for food shops, petrol stations and others selling essential items, would be closed to the public. The region of Murcia in the southeast announced a 14-day lockdown of seven coastal tourist towns in a move that local media said would affect some 376,000 people.
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