Wife of Spain PM Pedro Sanchez tests positive for Coronavirus
Madrid/IBNS/UNI: The wife of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tested positive for Coronavirus, media reports said on Sunday.
Both Begona Gomez and her husband were well, and were at their official residence following the new measures introduced by the health authorities, a government statement claimed.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has confirmed the 'State of Alarm' in Spain, announcing that the country will go into lockdown for 15 days from 0800 hrs on Monday morning in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Sanchez confirmed the decision on Saturday in an address, seven hours later than originally announced, following an emergency cabinet meeting to agree on further measures against the virus.
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He said the measures were taken to combat "a worldwide pandemic, and a social and health crisis," local Spain reported.
The lockdown closes bars, restaurants, cinemas, theaters and museums all over Spain as well as all shops expect pharmacies, food stores and those selling "essential" goods for at least 15 days.
The government has also placed severe restrictions on citizens from making any journey, except for a small number of exceptions.
These exceptions allow journeys to buy food, pharmaceuticals and essential items, visits to healthcare centers, journeys to work and others such as walking the dog, return journeys and trips for people who have to provide care to minors, the elderly and vulnerable.
Spain's armed forces will also be mobilized in order to ensure these measures are respected and to help assure food and medical supplies, with the central government taking control of security, health and transport from the country's 17 autonomous communities and reserving the right to take control of key strategic industries.
"We are going to give a united answer with the Government of Spain leading the rest of the Administrations to give a united solution," said Sanchez.
Other measures approved by the government see the closure of schools and colleges, while obliging companies to make it possible for people to continue working from home wherever feasible.
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