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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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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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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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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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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People wait their turn to enter a pharmacy in the centre of Burgos Image Credit: AFP

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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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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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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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A police officer patrols preventing access to the beach in Barcelona Image Credit: AP

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La Ramblas is seen empty in Barcelona Image Credit: AP

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Highway leading to Barcelona are seen empty of cars Image Credit: AP

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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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The almost empty Gran Via avenue is seen during partial lockdown, in Madrid Image Credit: REUTERS

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An empty avenue in Barcelona Image Credit: AP

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The usually overcrowded square of the Burgos Cathedral remains empty in Burgos Image Credit: AFP

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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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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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Spanish National Police officers stand guard in an almost empty Puerta del Sol square in Madrid Image Credit: REUTERS

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General view shows the empty Alcala street under partial lockdown, in Madrid Image Credit: REUTERS

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People wearing masks sit in downtown Barcelona Image Credit: AP

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The usually busy Cid Campeador square remains empty in Burgos Image Credit: AFP

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Cars drive on the usually busy Diagonal Avenue in Barcelona Image Credit: AFP

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