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Photos: Spain imposes near-total nationwide lockdown to fight coronavirus

People are banned from leaving home except to go to work, get medical care or buy food

Published: March 15, 2020 19:04 Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer

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Copy of 2020-03-15T125728Z_481466439_RC2CKF9ID3RI_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285502105 — People maintain their distance as they queue for bread under partial lockdown in the Basque town of Guernica. | Spain on Saturday followed Italy and imposed a near total nationwide lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus by banning people from leaving home except to go to work, get medical care or buy food. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-15T121351Z_1999100543_RC2CKF9J2Q6G_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285534365 — A woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks in an empty central street in Madrid. | Spaniards' freedom of movement will be significantly limited for the next 15 days under the state of emergency declared by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-15T104456Z_1084503765_RC2AKF9B6ZRN_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285556893 — People walk in the empty La Bola street in downtown Ronda. | The Spanish government will take full control of administration nationwide, Sanchez said in an address. People will only be allowed to leave their houses in specific circumstances, he said. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-15T104427Z_1681566149_RC2AKF9UIPXM_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285561876 — Homes and an empty street are seen under partial lockdown in downtown Ronda. Spain's confirmed cases jumped to 7,753 on Sunday, from 5,753 on Saturday, and the death toll more than doubled to 288 from 136. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 676015-01-08-1584285552480 — People wait their turn to enter a pharmacy in the centre of Burgos Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-14T215640Z_487267421_RC2XJF9V7GYY_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285578770 — Youngers pose for a photo on a balcony of their shared flat as they remain confined inside it due to the coronavirus outbreak, in downtown Ronda, southern Spain Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 676074-01-08-1584285541750 — A Spanish police officer and a Guardia Civil member stop a jogger (L) to tell him to return home in Burgos Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 676291-01-08-1584285508402 — Reverend Otto Grevink takes a service in an empty Opstandingskerk in Tilburg, which has been cancelled, but is broadcast on the internet as nations battle the novel coronavirus. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Spain_Virus_Outbreak_73694.jpg-dcd59-1584285494869 — A police officer patrols preventing access to the beach in Barcelona Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Spain_Virus_Outbreak_54799.jpg-21b40~1-1584285513880 — La Ramblas is seen empty in Barcelona Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Spain_Virus_Outbreak_21517.jpg-ad484~1-1584285518812 — Highway leading to Barcelona are seen empty of cars Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 676209-01-08-1584285525867 — A man waits at a distance for his turn to buy a newspaper from a kiosk in the centre of Burgos Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-15T094809Z_775997354_RC29KF9W5K9P_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285565396 — The almost empty Gran Via avenue is seen during partial lockdown, in Madrid Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Spain_Virus_Outbreak_41838.jpg-9f6f8 [1]-1584285497428 — An empty avenue in Barcelona Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 676061-01-08-1584285545027 — The usually overcrowded square of the Burgos Cathedral remains empty in Burgos Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-15T094541Z_2079361503_RC29KF98HT4L_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285570068 — A woman, wearing protective mask, stands in the empty Puerta de Sol square during partial lockdown, in Madrid Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-14T225816Z_1998144516_RC2YJF9G5NAS_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285574318 — A woman walks with her dogs towards her home after a walk past an empty terrace of bar as people remain confined inside their homes due to the coronavirus outbreak, in downtown Ronda Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-15T121945Z_2071390071_RC2CKF9F2I8V_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SPAIN-1584285530206 — Spanish National Police officers stand guard in an almost empty Puerta del Sol square in Madrid Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-15T114837Z_287908156_RC2BKF9S4Z39_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SOCCER-SPAIN-1584285549089 — General view shows the empty Alcala street under partial lockdown, in Madrid Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Spain_Virus_Outbreak_44017.jpg-e9273-1584285538886 — People wearing masks sit in downtown Barcelona Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 676212-01-08 [1]-1584285522617 — The usually busy Cid Campeador square remains empty in Burgos Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 676304-01-08-1584285505693 — Cars drive on the usually busy Diagonal Avenue in Barcelona Image Credit: AFP

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