A man wearing a protective face mask jogs in the working class neighbourhood of Orcasitas, which has been under partial lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Residents of infection hotspot Madrid are to be barred from leaving except on essential trips under new rules to fight the coronavirus resurgence, Spain's government said on Wednesday.
But regional authorities said the decision had no legal basis, setting the stage for a political showdown in an area accounting for more than a third of Spain's 133,604 new cases in the past two weeks.
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