Spain declares the second state of emergency in the country due to the "Corona" pandemic

Today, Sunday, the Spanish government declared the second state of emergency nationwide in order to lay the legal basis needed to impose tougher restrictions to stop the spread of the Coronavirus.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez declared a state of alert, the third highest level of national emergency, after an extraordinary cabinet meeting in Madrid.

That measure went into effect today and will remain in effect for at least two weeks.

Any further extension will need parliamentary approval, according to the constitution.

Sanchez said he hoped to be able to extend the state of emergency with the help of parliament, noting "Europe and Spain are in the middle of the second wave."

Under the state of emergency, the government can restrict the freedom of movement of people.

Spain imposed the first state of emergency between March 14 and June 20, and imposed a strict lockdown.

This time, people will have more freedom to leave their homes, but they will have to adhere to the night curfew between 11 pm and 6 am local time.

These arrangements apply to almost all of Spain except for the Canary Islands.

Spain is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic in Western Europe.

So far, more than one million infections have been recorded, and nearly 35,000 people have died from the "Covid-19" disease caused by the Coronavirus.

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