⁍ Catalonia was one of the first regions on Sunday to use the new legislation to impose a curfew.
⁍ Establishments open to the public will have to close at 9 p.m.
Police were patrolling the city before the curfew took effect and locals welcomed the new rule.
– Spain has declared a state of emergency amid an outbreak of coronavirus that has killed at least 35,000 people and sickened more than a million, the BBC reports. “We are living in an extreme situation,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Sunday. “It is the most serious health crisis in the last century.” According to Reuters, the state of emergency will last up to 15 days and will require all regions except the Canary Islands to impose a nighttime curfew and limit the number of people allowed to meet to six. travel bans.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-emergency/spain-announces-new-state-of-emergency-as-covid-infections-soar-idUSKBN27A0HU