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Today a state of emergency will be declared throughout Spain due to the deterioration of the situation with the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said, quoted by AFP and Associated Press.
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Sánchez, who delivered a televised speech after an emergency cabinet meeting, said the measure would remain in effect until early May. Throughout the country, except for the Canary Islands, there will be a curfew from 23 to 6 at night.
“The situation we are going through is extreme. The reality is that Europe and Spain are flooded by a second wave of the pandemic,” Sánchez said.
On Wednesday, Spain became the first country in the European Union to cross the threshold of 1 million registered coronavirus infections. The death toll in the country is close to 35,000.
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