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Spain has reported a steep increase in cases in recent days.
Coronavirus cases in Spain have risen by 1,500 to more than 5,700, public health authorities say.
Spain is the worst affected nation in Europe after Italy, which has more than 15,000 cases.
The Spanish government is set to reveal a lockdown as part of a nationwide state of emergency situation, according to local media reports.
On Friday, the World Health Company (WHO) stated Europe was now the “epicentre” of the pandemic.
Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus advised nations to utilize aggressive measures, neighborhood mobilisation and social distancing to conserve lives.
Numerous European nations have actually reported steep rises in infections and deaths in recent days.
In other developments:
- US President Donald Trump’s travel restriction on 26 European countries, members of the Schengen complimentary movement zone, has entered force
- Mr Trump likewise stated a national emergency, releasing up to $50 bn (₤40 bn) in relief funds
- The US House of Representatives approved a help plan including paid leave and complimentary infection testing, with assistance from both Republicans and Democrats
- New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said nearly all brand-new arrivals in the country need to self-isolate for 14 days
- In China, new cases amongst individuals getting here in the country outnumbered those by local transmission for the very first time
- Colombia has closed its border with Venezuela and disallowed any visitors who had actually just recently remained in Europe or Asia
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is set to reveal emergency procedures to fight the crisis shortly.
This will be just the 2nd state of emergency in the country considering that the shift to democracy began in 1975, the very first being a 2010 air traffic controllers’ strike. The authorities in Mad