Spain Against Corona: Sanchez Announces New Stricter Measures

(Patria) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will announce the establishment of strict movement restrictions, and the closure of restaurants and other public places in a few hours to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The Associated Press, which has access to the draft measures, writes that Spanish citizens will only be allowed to leave their homes to buy food and medicine, travel to work, medical centers, and banks, or to care for their family members. These restrictions will be in effect from Monday morning.  

Spain is already closing all restaurants, hotels, bars, educational centers, and other non-essential retail outlets.

In Spain, there are about 5,753 infected people, and half of them are in Madrid. The number has increased by 1,500 in just 24 hours.

Sánchez announced on Friday that the number of infected people could reach 10,000 in the next few days, and his cabinet is preparing to declare a state of emergency at the national level.  

In Other Countries

- Hungary will close all schools from Monday, and classes will be held online.

- In Great Britain, 10 people have died in the last 24 hours. 1,140 are infected.

- Austria will close several high-risk cities.

- Another 97 people have died in Iran, out of a total of 611 fatal outcomes. The number of infected people in the third most affected country is 12,729.

- Rwanda and Mauritania reported their first cases.

- The Czech Republic has ordered the closure of all shopping centers except for essential stores.

- Turkey has stopped all flights from nine European countries from Saturday until April 17.

- New Zealand has announced the 'strictest border restrictions in the world' and ordered a two-week self-isolation for all arrivals.

- Saudi Arabia has stopped all international flights from Saturday.

- Denmark, which has confirmed 827 cases, is closing all borders except for its citizens or foreign nationals residing in Denmark.

- Russia will close its land border with Norway from Sunday, as well as the Kaliningrad enclave with Poland, except for Belarusian citizens, foreigners residing in Russia, and members of foreign delegations. Russia will keep other borders open for now, writes Euronews.