Spain Prime
Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday, March 14th announced a state of emergency in
Spain. The state of emergency would last for 15 days, and will be formally
decided by a cabinet meeting today. The state of emergency would allow
authorities to confine people, ration goods and temporarily occupy factories or
any other premises except private homes.
Spain has 4,209
confirmed coronaviruses cases, the second-highest in Europe after Italy.
Infections with coronavirus went up by 1,000 cases from Thursday. 120 deaths
have already been confirmed among the infected cases. Schools, theaters,
cinemas and playgrounds have been closed across the euro zone's fourth-largest
economy.
"The
government of Spain will protect all its citizens and will guarantee the right
life conditions to slow the pandemic with as little inconvenience as
possible," Prime Minister Sanchez said.
"Unfortunately,
we cannot rule out that over the next week we could reach more than 10,000
infections," he added. He however urged citizens to take all preventive
measures. "Heroism is also washing your hands and staying home,"
he said.
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