The Spanish Prime Minister announced on Saturday evening that Spain will almost quarantine the country in an attempt to stop the epidemic. Spaniards must therefore stay at home except for reasons of first necessity.

Spain is in almost total quarantine. This was announced by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday evening in a television address. Residents will only be able to leave their homes to go to work or for other essential reasons such as buying food. Travel is prohibited outside of these situations. "The prohibition on driving on the streets (...) must be followed from today" he specified.

Closure of non-essential businesses

This measure falls within the framework of the state of alert decreed for fifteen days in the country, the second most affected in Europe by the epidemic with more than 5,700 cases and 183 deaths. The number of cases has increased tenfold since Sunday. The Socialist Prime Minister also indicated that, as in France, all of the businesses not being of primary necessity would be closed throughout the country. A measure already taken in several regions such as Madrid, the most affected in Spain with nearly 3,000 cases.