Spain orders non-essential workers stay home for two weeks
by Sam Jones in Madrid from on (#51CWS)
National lockdown tightened as single-day death toll reaches new high of 832
The Spanish government has tightened up its national lockdown, ordering all non-essential workers to stay at home for the next two weeks in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus and relieve pressure on the country's overstretched hospitals.
The measure, which comes two weeks after the prime minister, Pedro Sinchez, declared a state of emergency, was announced hours after Spanish health authorities said the outbreak appeared to be peaking in parts of the country.
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