A woman wearing a protective face mask is reflected in a glass as she walks in the Usera neighbourhood during a partial lockdown between and within areas in six districts, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Spain's Madrid region on Wednesday requested urgent help to hire hundreds of foreign doctors and reinforce police, as they mulled widening a partial coronavirus lockdown to more areas as cases rise.
The region is the hardest-hit in Spain by a second wave of the coronavirus and has restricted movement between and within some districts that are home to about 850,000 people.
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