Major Spanish regions close shops, bars and restaurants and even cancel Easter parades as Spain enters a 15-day coronavirus state of emergency
A couple wear protective face masks as they walk in unusually quiet Postas street in central Madrid, Spain, March 13, 2020.
Spain has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in Europe after Italy. The current Spanish tally stands at 4,231, up about 1,000 cases from Thursday. About 120 people have died. The regional government of Catalonia said it wanted and was ready to confine the whole region due to the epidemic and asked the central authorities to block its access by air, rail and water, regional leader Quim Torra said.
In the first large-scale action of its kind in Spain, Catalan authorities on Thursday locked down four towns north of Barcelona, while on Friday they ordered the closure of gyms, nightclubs and shopping centres, apart from ones selling food. Bars and restaurants would still be able to provide home delivery services or have food picked up at the premises.The decision was met with dismay and confusion by some workers in Madrid, home to half of Spain's coronavirus cases, which was unusually quiet on Friday, with shops, streets and cafes largely deserted.
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