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Spain wants to close Madrid and several other cities

“The health of Madrid is the health of Spain. Madrid is exceptional, “said the head of the medical department on Wednesday. According to him, the restriction will take effect in the coming days, but Illa did not specify the date.

The new measures will ban Madrid residents from leaving the city unless absolutely necessary, and the metropolis will be closed to the rest of the Spaniards in addition to justified visits. The regulations also apply to nine cities in the Madrid metropolitan area.

Spaniards can cross the city limits on the way to work or school, to see a doctor or to shop; on the contrary, trips for all leisure activities will be prohibited.

Restaurants and bars close earlier

Changes also await the opening hours of bars and restaurants, which had to close at one o’clock in the morning. Newly, according to the regulations, they will close at 11 pm. Public parks and playgrounds will also be closed in the capital. People can only meet in groups of up to six people.

Madrid is now the outbreak of the disease in Spain; Of the 133,604 infections registered in the country in the last two weeks, the capital accounts for more than a third. The metropolis registers 735 infected per 100,000 inhabitants, which is one of the highest numbers in Europe and twice the national balance.

The Madrid authorities do not agree with the new measures, said the regional head of health Enrique Ruiz Escudero, according to which the decision of the central government is not legal. According to him, the situation regarding the spread of coronavirus is stabilizing in the capital.

In Spain, around 46 million people, more than 769,188 people have become infected since the epidemic began, the most in Western Europe. 31,791 people died with covid-19.

High gains infected even in France

France announced 12,845 new infections on Wednesday. Thus, after two days, the daily balance in the Western European country again exceeded 10,000.

In France, another 63 people died from complications related to covid-19, bringing the number of deaths to 31,956 since the beginning of the epidemic. In a country of 66 million people, 563,535 people became infected with coronavirus.

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