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Spain government set to order nationwide coronavirus lockdown

The Spanish government will utilise the declaration of a state of emergency over the coronavirus to lock down the country, ordering people to stay at home unless they need to buy food, medicine, or go to work or a hospital, according to multiple local media reports on Saturday.

The cabinet is meeting to agree on the precise measures to be taken under the state of emergency, which was announced on Friday.

Its emergency powers set out in article 116 of the constitution, allow the government to limit the movement of people and vehicles in specified places, to temporarily requisition goods, to take over factories and businesses, to ration the consumption of basic items, and to issue the necessary orders to ensure the provision of services.

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