Coronavirus: Spain plans partial lockdown as part of 15-day state of emergency
- Bars, restaurants, conference centres and all leisure and sports activities will all be shut down in response to the virus
Spain plans to put its 47 million inhabitants under partial lockdown from Monday as part of a 15-day state of emergency plan to combat the coronavirus, a draft of an official decree seen by Reuters showed.
The government will say all Spaniards must stay home except to buy food, go to the pharmacy, to the hospital, or to work or for other emergencies, the draft being discussed on Saturday by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his ministers showed.
Bars, restaurants, conference centres and all leisure and sports activities – including cinemas, theatres, swimming pools or football grounds – will be shut down.
A source with knowledge of the talks said the measures that are part of the lockdown could change in the cabinet talks, which were still going on and lasting longer than planned.
All public transport would be curtailed, the draft showed, with airline, train, bus and boat operators told they need to cut their services by at least half and that any plane, train, bus or other means of transport can only be a third full.
