MADRID (Reuters) - The regional government of Spain's Catalonia asked Spanish central authorities to help it block access by air, rail and water to guarantee the confinement of the whole region due to the coronavirus epidemic, regional leader Quim Torra said.
"We believe all Catalonia needs to be confined," he said in a televised news conference on Friday, adding that it was for preventive reasons to avoid a larger health crisis.
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