Part of Galicia under strict orders until Friday; Philippines reports its most daily cases yet
Spain has ringfenced more than 70,000 people in Galicia in the second local lockdown ordered in as many days, as one of Europe’s worst-affected countries in the Covid-19 pandemic scrambles to contain new flare-ups.
Around 3,000 residents of public housing tower blocks in Melbourne, Australia, have also been confined to their apartments with police officers stationed on every floor, in an illustration of the difficulty countries face in keeping coronavirus curves down after they have been flattened.
