All non-essential workplaces in Spain will close for two weeks to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday
All non-essential workplaces in Spain will close for two weeks to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday after the country’s death toll climbed to nearly 5,700.
Speaking at a press conference, Sánchez said the measure will come into force Monday and last until April 9. Workers will receive their usual wages but will have to make up lost hours at a later date, he said. The goal is to reduce travel to levels registered during the weekends, he added.
Sánchez announced the move on the day that Spain’s death toll climbed to 5,690 as of 11.30 a.m., up by 832 since Friday morning. A total of 72,248 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed, with 4,575 people receiving treatment in intensive care units, and 12,285 recovering. “These are very tough, sad, bitter days. But they are decisive because they are the ones in which we have to measure ourselves. And then we will have an entire life to remember that in the difficult times, resisting, united, Spain made the grade,” he said.
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