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Social distancing is de rigueur at events throughout Galicia, as in the rest of Spain.
Officials in the Galicia region of north-western Spain have re-imposed restrictions on an area of 70,000 people after a Covid-19 outbreak.
Only those traveling for work will be able to leave or enter the coastal district of A Marina from midnight from Sunday to Friday.
The move comes a day after the northeastern region of Catalonia imposed a similar local blockade.
At the national level, the outbreak in Spain has been essentially controlled.
The country has registered more than a quarter of a million cases and at least 28,385 deaths. But daily deaths have been in individual numbers for most of the past three weeks.
Spain has reopened its borders to other EU states, as well as to the United Kingdom, in anticipation of summer holiday traffic.
What’s going on in Galicia?
Regional health authorities announced Sunday that travel in and out of A Marina would be severely restricted for five days, although people would still be free to move around the area.
Meetings will be limited to 10 people. Masks will be mandatory outdoors.
Officials linked local outbreaks with bars in the area. The capacity in bars and restaurants will be limited to 50%.
There are now 258 cases of Covid-19 in Galicia, including 117 in the province of Lugo, where A Marina is located, authorities say.
What about Catalonia?
On Saturday, the autonomous government of Catalonia again imposed controls on an area of 210,000 residents after a sharp increase in infections there.
Catalan President Quim Torra said that no one would be allowed to enter or leave Segrià, a district west of Barcelona that includes the city of Lleida.
Non-residents were told to leave and residents were advised not to travel between cities within Segrià.
Catalonia is one of the Spanish regions most affected by the coronavirus.
As of Friday, the region of 7.5 million people had recorded 72,860 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 12,586 deaths, according to an official news agency.
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A field hospital was erected in Lleida
Blocking is enforced through police checkpoints
Sara Canals, a journalist from the region, told the BBC: “Some might consider [this] Perhaps too drastic, but there is a good disposition here to find a proper balance between reopening the economy, but also to guarantee security. “
