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Spain set to declare national lockdown

The Spanish government is poised to declare a 15-day national lockdown on Monday to battle coronavirus.

Under the decree being finalised, people would be allowed out only for emergencies, to buy food, or for work.

With 191 deaths and 6,046 infections, Spain is the worst-hit country in Europe after Italy, which declared a nationwide lockdown on Monday.

The US is extending its European travel ban to the UK and the Republic of Ireland from Monday.

President Donald Trump confirmed the news in answer to a reporter's question at the White House.

On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Europe was now the "epicentre" of the pandemic.

Italy has seen 1,266 deaths and 17,660 infections.


22 more people in Wales diagnosed taking the total number with Covid-19 to 60

Twenty two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Wales which now brings the total to 60.

Ten of the new cases are all in the Swansea local authority area with new cases in eight other local authority areas including the first in Bridgend.

Across the UK, the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 has leaped to 1,140. That is up from 798 yesterday - a rise of 342 in just a day.

The deaths of another 10 patients in the UK from coronavirus, all in their 70s with underlying health problems, have also been reported. It takes the death toll here to 21.

In total, more than 5,530 deaths from coronavirus have been reported across the world.




spain: Spain set to declare national lockdown
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51888936


wales: 22 more people in Wales diagnosed taking the total number with Covid-19 to 60
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/coronavirus-wales-22-covid19-cases-17924633