Coronavirus pandemic: New restrictions imposed on Spain’s Ibiza after contagion spreads

The Balearic Islands’ regional authorities selected Wednesday to impose new restrictions on the tourism hotspot metropolis of Ibiza after the coronavirus contagion unfold rapidly there over the previous weeks. The restrictions on residents’ actions will final 15 days. The measures embody a ban on events of greater than 5 folks, the shutdown of playgrounds and the closure of bars and eating places at 10 pm, regional authorities stated in a press release. They additionally really useful that individuals keep residence for all however indispensable actions, with out making {that a} necessary confinment. The contagion charge within the metropolis of Ibiza, identified for its night time life that pulls 1000’s of vacationers all yr lengthy, has been thrice as excessive as in the remainder of the Balearic Islands over the previous two weeks. Meanwhile, the Madrid area and the Spanish authorities stored combating over whether or not and how one can lengthen a partial lockdown that applies to among the poorer districts of the capital metropolis to extra areas.

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