Its 47 million people have been under partial lockdown since Saturday night as the country tries to stem the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told Cadena Ser radio that closing Spain’s borders was among the options under consideration. Grande-Marlaska said he would discuss the potential border closure alongside other measures with fellow EU ministers on Monday. Spain has the fifth-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world behind China, Italy, Iran and South Korea. The government’s official coronavirus death toll rose to 288 on Sunday, with 7,753 confirmed cases of infection.

Source: bd News24 March 16, 2020 09:11 UTC