A health worker wearing a protective mask stands at the emergency entrance of the Arnau de Vilanova hospital, after the government of Catalonia imposed new restrictions in an effort to control a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lleida, Spain, July 4, 2020. REUTERS / Nacho Doce MADRID …
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