People wearing protective face masks stand at Usera neighbourhood, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Madrid, Spain, September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
(Reuters) - A partial lockdown aimed at stemming a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases is set to begin in some of Madrid's poorer districts next week, but resident's of one of the worst-hit neighbourhood's said on Saturday they doubted the new measures would work.
Vallecas, a southern district with a lower average income and higher immigrant population, has one of the highest infection rates in the Spanish capital - almost six times higher than in Chamberi, a wealthier, northern district.
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