Spanish tourist hotspots seek return to curfews as youth infections rage

FILE PHOTO: A tourist enjoys the weather at Magaluf beach, following a decision by the British government to ease travel restrictions due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the island, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Canary Islands and its Mediterranean region of Valencia have asked the government to bring back curfews to counter a soaring COVID-19 infection rate among unvaccinated youngsters that is threatening to scupper the summer tourism season.

Nationwide, cases had been dwindling over recent months but began to surge from the middle of June, propelled by the more contagious Delta variant and more socialising among younger groups.