Spain's Catalonia seeks to bypass ruling striking down COVID-19 home confinement

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LLEIDA, Spain: Spain's Catalonia approved on Monday (Jul 13) a decree giving it legal backing to place restrictions on the city of Lleida and its ...

FILE PHOTO - A woman sits on a bench near the Barceloneta beach after Catalonia's regional authorities decided to make mandatory the use of face masks in public at all times, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Barcelona, Spain July 9, 2020.

Spain, which has been one of the European countries worst affected by the coronavirus, lifted a strict nationwide lockdown last month as the pandemic seemed to have come under control. "They don't know what they're doing," said Anna, a bar manager."It's one step forward and one step back, and it's hurting our businesses, 100 per cent."

The dispute comes as the number of coronavirus cases is on the rise in Spain, in particular in Catalonia, and reflects the broader debate in Europe and beyond over what measures to take to tackle localised clusters.

 

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