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Spain rules out new national lockdown
By EUobserver
Spain's health minister Salvador Illa on Thursday ruled imposing a new nationwide lockdown like the one implemented in March, El País reported. "A perimeter lockdown is not appropriate right now," he said. The latest figures indicate an increase of the number of coronavirus cases in all regions - apart from Aragon, Catalonia and the Basque Country. Spain is currently the country in the EU with the highest infection rate.