A man bangs a pot in front of police officers as he takes part in a protest as authorities ordered bars and restaurants to close for 15 days as part of a set of new restrictions issued in Catalonia during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain 16 October, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Banging pots and pans, some 1,000 hospitality workers rallied in Barcelona's Old City on Friday to protest against a 15-day shutdown of bars and restaurants ordered by the Catalan regional government to contain a surge in COVID-19 infections in Spain.
"After all we've had to endure over the past months this really is the final slaughter," said David Polo, one of the protesters who owns a restaurant called Iberia.
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