Photos show how coronavirus precautions left everything from schools to stadiums deserted across Spain - as more than 1,600 cases have already been reported
Since Sunday, Spain's confirmed number of COVID-19 cases tripled. The outbreak has hit three regions — Madrid, the Rioja region, and the northern Basque region — particularly hard.
In Madrid, Spain's capital, the lower parliament cancelled sessions for a week, after one lawmaker was diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Source: Reuters
Schools in Madrid and city of Vitoria, in the northern Basque region, will close for two weeks in an effort to curb the spread.
Source: Associated Press
For Madrid, which has seen a growing number of COVID-19 cases, the closures will affect Kindergarten all the way through the university level.
Source: Associated Press
Soccer games in the country will be played in empty stadiums for at least two weeks to stop the spread of the virus in the country. Several other European countries are enacting similar measures including France and Portugal.
Source: Associated Press
Police are helping enforce a quarantine of the 11,000 residents in the town of Haro, located in the Rioja region. Around 30 cases were reported in Haro. Fines for breaking the quarantine may be between 3,000-600,000 euros, according to authorities.
Source: Associated Press
In Haro, authorities believe the outbreak there stemmed from a funeral in the northern region of the country, and some of the cases in the Basque Country region can also be tied to the funeral.
Source: Associated Press
Other measures put in place to stop the spread also included churches telling people to stop kissing statues of Jesus and Mary, as part of a pre-Easter tradition.
Source:Reuters
Indoor events that hosted more than 1,000 people were also banned in the three most most affected regions.
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