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Spanish military monitors Madrid streets amid coronavirus lockdown

16 March 2020
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2020-03-16 13:16

The Spanish military emergency unit (UME) monitored the streets of Madrid on Sunday night. It came after the country clamped down during a coronavirus outbreak. The government's official coronavirus death toll rose by 152 overnight to 288. The number of infected rose by 2,000 cases to 7,753. Spaniards have been housebound by law since Saturday. Schools across the country are closed, keeping millions of children at home. Social gatherings are banned. The sudden Spanish lockdown has surprised Western Europe this weekend.

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