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Spanish Government reimposed coronavirus restrictions in the Catalonia region on the area of 210,000 people after a sharp rise in infections. President Quim Torra said no-one would be allowed to enter or leave Segrià, an agricultural area west of Barcelona which includes the city of Lleida. The local lockdown begins on Saturday afternoon. Catalonia is one of the Spanish regions worst affected by coronavirus
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