FILE PHOTO: Police officers check the documents of people travelling on vehicles at the entrance of Lleida after Catalonia's government imposed new restrictions to control a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Lleida, Spain, July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
LLEIDA, Spain/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Catalonia approved on Monday a decree giving it legal backing to place restrictions on the city of Lleida and its surroundings to stem a surge in coronavirus infections, defying a judge's earlier ruling that such an order was unlawful.
After an extraordinary late night cabinet meeting, the regional government said it would seek legal authorisation allowing it to limit people's movements, adding that on Tuesday it could confine Lleida area inhabitants at home.
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