Spain orders nationwide lockdown to battle coronavirus
Government instructs people to stay at home for two weeks from Monday, and closes bars, restaurants, cafes and cinemas
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The Spanish government has formally declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus, placing the country in lockdown and ordering people to stay at home for the next two weeks unless they have to buy food or medicine or go to work or hospital.
Speaking after a seven-hour cabinet meeting on Saturday evening, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said “extraordinary decisions” needed to be taken as Spain grappled with a “health, social and economic crisis”.
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