Catalonia will impose a night-time curfew starting to fight a surge in virus cases
Barcelona and other cities in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region will impose a night-time curfew starting this weekend to fight a surge in virus cases after the measure won court approval.
Catalonia, the epicentre of Spain's jump in infections, has already ordered all public gatherings to finish by 12:30am and restricted gatherings to no more than ten people. Spain's vaccination programme has worked through age groups meaning those in their 20s and 30s are only now starting to get jabs, leaving them vulnerable to the new Delta variant.
Daily capacity is set to be restricted to 13,000 people, however, about half of the normal level, in order to respect social distancing. Half of visitors are expected to be French, while Italians and Spanish make up a higher proportion than usual. "You look around the city today; there's no one here. The city is asleep," Melbourne resident Mike Cameron said.
Los Angeles is the first large US metropolis to reimpose the use of face masks, regardless of vaccination status, in shops, grocery stores, restaurants and workplaces to help contain the pandemic.The area is "not where we need to be" in terms of numbers of vaccinated people, said county health officer Muntu Davis.
The increase in Covid cases, mainly due to the spread of the Delta variant, has some officials worried.
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