FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk at a train station, as some Spanish provinces are allowed to ease lockdown restrictions during phase one, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Valencia, Spain May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court on Monday authorised more than 30 towns in the Mediterranean region of Valencia to impose night curfews to counter a soaring COVID-19 infection rate among unvaccinated youngsters.
The regional government had asked its regional court to authorise a 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. curfew on towns with more than 5,000 inhabitants considered high-risk, including its capital, Valencia, and local tourism hotspot Benicassim.
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