Spain & Covid19
Regional authorities have set their own restrictions for each of Spain's 17 autonomous communities and two city enclaves in North Africa.
So far, the government of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has resisted following the lead of other European nations which have reimposed lockdowns, arguing its highly-localised restrictions are enough.
Under Spain's decentralised political system, its 17 regions are responsible for handling the pandemic, although the central government could intervene to declare a national lockdown as it did in March.
The Health Ministry has published an interactive map that allows you to check the restrictions currently in place in each of Spain's 17 autonomous regions.
Here's a breakdown of all the restrictions in place in each of the regions of Spain.
Catalonia
On Thursday February4th, health authorities in the northeastern region announced a slight relaxation of measures from Monday February 8th.
No travel outside of comarca unless for justified reason (work, study, to care for dependents)
Restaurants, cafes and bars only open for breakfast (between 7.30 and 10.30am) and Lunch (1pm to 4.30pm) but not for dinner
Curfew between 10pm and 6am
Social groups limited to 6 people from two households.
Madrid
Madrid regional authorities currently have restrictions in place that include a curfew at 10pm and shutting all bars, restaurants and shops by 9pm.
The number of people allowed to meet around a table on the terraza of a restaurant, cafe or bar is capped at six people, with four people inside.
But authorities are still insisting that households don't mix with each other in private homes.
However, the regional Health Authority said that if the infection rate continues in its downward path then from Thursday February 18th the curfew would be delayed until 11pm with restaurants and bars, allowed to stay open until that time (with a limited half capacity indoors) accepting the last cutomers at 10pm.
Perimetral confinements are in place around numerous healthcare zones and municipalities across the region bringing the total areas where residents have mobility restricted 55 basic healthcare zones and 14 municipalities.
Valencia
New stricter rules were brought in on January 25th after infection rates soared that include closing all bars and restaurants, and banning socializing in private homes and allowing only two people from different households to meet in public have now been extended until March 1st.
Additionally, cities with populations of over 50,000 will be under perimetral lockdown on weekends and public holidays with city limits sealed from 3pm on Fridays to 6am on Mondays.
The autonomous community has extended its regional border closure until March 1st at least and closed dozens of municipalities across the region.
Closed all restaurants and bars except for take-away service.
Closed non-essential businesses at 6pm
Closed sports centres and gyms
Social visits banned in private homes unless it is to visit vulnerable adults or minors.
Curfew at 10pm
Aragón
Aragón's current restrictions include:
Perimetral confinement of the region and of each of the three provinces of Teruel, Zaragoza and Huesca meaning travel between these three provinces as well as in and out of the region itself is not allowed unless for justified reason when a declaration form must be completed.
The cities of Zaragoza, Teruel capital, Alcañiz and Calatayud are also restricted.
The closure of all non-essential activities including bars and restaurants by 8pm from Monday to Thursday but 6pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday except in Huesca where it is 8pm even at weekends.
Bars and restaurants will also be limited by 30 percent capacity indoors and 50 percent capacity on the terraces. There is also a ban on smoking on the terraces and eating or drinking at the bar.
Social groups reduced to four people.
Services, shops and shopping malls are only allowed to open at 25 percent capacity.
Curfew is in place between 10pm and 6am
La Rioja
Regional authorities in La Rioja are recommending all its residents undertake a voluntary lockdown and confine themselves at home, most especially those over the age of 65. They also announced that from January 16th, all non-essential businesses including bars and restaurants close at 5pm and social gatherings be limited to four people.
A perimeter confinement has also been placed around all municpalities from January 22nd
The perimeter closure of La Rioja has been extended to February 23rd
The nightly curfew has been changed to 10pm.
Socializing must be restricted to those within the same household or between a social bubble if someone lives alone.
Restaurants closed except for take.away and delivery service.
All cultural and sporting activities suspended.
Extremadura
Authorities in Extremadura have taken the decision to loosen restrictions slightly from Friday February 5th and will allow 'non-essential' shop opening hours to be open between 10.00 to 18.00 on weekdays and up to 14.00 on Saturdays. In unconfined municipalities bars and restaurants can now open between 7am and 6pm with a limited capacity.
Closure of bars and restaurants in municipalities over 3,000 population with an incidence rate over 500 cases per 100,000.
The restricted towns are: San Vicente de Alcántara, Miajadas, Valencia de Alcántara, Puebla de la Calzada, Malpartida de Plasencia, Villafranca de los Barros, Santa Amalia, Ribera del Fresno, Trujillo, Montijo, Talavera la real, Alburquerque, Calamonte, La Zarza, Herrera del Duque, Hervás, Arroyo de San Serván, Villanueva del Fresno, Valverde de Leganés, Aceuchal, Barcarrota and Santa María.
Across the whole region a curfew is in place from 10pm until 6am and meetings are limited to six people.
Castilla y León
Authorities in Castilla y León have brought forward the curfew to 8pm until 6am - a move that was allowed by the central government's even though it falls outside the State of Alarm curfew window of between 10pm and midnight until 5am to 7am.
Earlier this month the region closed down shopping centres and gyms, and extended a ban on non-essential travel across regional borders until May.
A maximum number of four people allowed to meet in private with the recommendation that groups are limited to the same household.
In addition restaurants and bars are only allowed to serve outside on terrazas or provide take-away service.
Travel between provinces of the region is also banned until May 9th except for when there is justified cause.
Balearic Islands
From February 15th Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera are at a high level 4 and remain confined meaning only those with justified cause can come and go from the islands.
Residents on these islands are not to mix socially outside their household, unless they lived alone in which case they could form a bubble with one other household. Non-essential businesses are closed as well as bars and restaurants which can only offer take-away service. Gyms are closed.
A curfew is in place between 10pm and 6am across all the islands.
Menorca is the only island where bars and restaurants remain open although only with table service outside. Social meetings are capped at 6 people from a maximum of two househols.
Murcia
Murcia is also limiting meetings of people from different households, now capped at two people.
Authorities have imposed a perimetral confinement around 25 of the regions 45 municipalities and those on high level of alert have closed bars and restaurants for all but take-away service.
Castilla- La Mancha
The region has closed its borders to all those without justified reason to cross (such as work or study) but has lifted limits restricting movement between all munipalities except three in the Toledo province; Fuensalida, Torrijos and Casarrubios del Monte.
A curfew is in place from 10pm until 6am
The number of people allowed to meet is limited to from six with recommendation that groups are limited to a maximum of two households.
Restaurants and bars are open with 30 percent capacity indoors and no at the bar service but those who enter must show a GR code to be served.
Shops open at 30 percent of capacity.
Limit meetings to one household.
Andalusia
Rules currently in place mean municipal confinement imposed on every city with a population of over 100,000 in addition towns that see infection rates rise above 500 cases per 100,000 and the closure of all non-essential businesses in municipalities where the rate tops 1,000 cases per 100,000 people.
Travel in and out of the region is not allowed unless with justified cause
Movement is not allowed between its eight provinces.
Restaurants and bars to close at 6pm except for take-away service up until 9.30pm for collection on 10.30pm for delivery
Social gatherings are limited to four people in both private and public spaces.
Curfew between 10pm and 6am
Businesses and shops to close by 6pm unless in high risk municipality when all non-essential businesses closed entirely.
As of Monday February 15, the perimeter remains closed around some 600 municipalities including the eight provincial capitals given their infection rate of more than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days.
Andalusia's border is closed until February 27th.
Asturias
Travel in and out of the territory is not allowed except for justified reasons.
Authorities have limited the number allowed at a social gathering to six if outside and recommends that they represent no more than two households but that is limited to four people in restaurants.
The curfew remains at 10pm until 6am.
All businesses including restaurants must be shut by 8pm with the last customers admitted at 7.30pm. Although take-away service can be offered until 10pm.
Cantabria
The current rules are:
Regional borders closed meaning travel in and out of the territory is not allowed except for justified reasons.
Limit on the number allowed at a social gathering to six people with recommendation that they represent no more than two households but that is limited to four people in restaurants.
The curfew remains at 10pm until 6am.
Shopping centres are closed at weekends starting on Saturday January 15th
Bars and restaurants are only allowed to serve outside tables.
Galicia
New restricitions come into force on Wednesday January 27th until at least February 17th.
Social gatherings from different households have been banned
Restaurants and bars must close except for takeway
All non-essential shops to close at 6pm
Curfew between10pm until 6am but asked residents to "self-confine" from 8pm
Other restrictions are in place in various municipalities across the region
So far, the government of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has resisted following the lead of other European nations which have reimposed lockdowns, arguing its highly-localised restrictions are enough.
Under Spain's decentralised political system, its 17 regions are responsible for handling the pandemic, although the central government could intervene to declare a national lockdown as it did in March.
The Health Ministry has published an interactive map that allows you to check the restrictions currently in place in each of Spain's 17 autonomous regions.
Here's a breakdown of all the restrictions in place in each of the regions of Spain.
Catalonia
On Thursday February4th, health authorities in the northeastern region announced a slight relaxation of measures from Monday February 8th.
No travel outside of comarca unless for justified reason (work, study, to care for dependents)
Restaurants, cafes and bars only open for breakfast (between 7.30 and 10.30am) and Lunch (1pm to 4.30pm) but not for dinner
Curfew between 10pm and 6am
Social groups limited to 6 people from two households.
Madrid
Madrid regional authorities currently have restrictions in place that include a curfew at 10pm and shutting all bars, restaurants and shops by 9pm.
The number of people allowed to meet around a table on the terraza of a restaurant, cafe or bar is capped at six people, with four people inside.
But authorities are still insisting that households don't mix with each other in private homes.
However, the regional Health Authority said that if the infection rate continues in its downward path then from Thursday February 18th the curfew would be delayed until 11pm with restaurants and bars, allowed to stay open until that time (with a limited half capacity indoors) accepting the last cutomers at 10pm.
Perimetral confinements are in place around numerous healthcare zones and municipalities across the region bringing the total areas where residents have mobility restricted 55 basic healthcare zones and 14 municipalities.
Valencia
New stricter rules were brought in on January 25th after infection rates soared that include closing all bars and restaurants, and banning socializing in private homes and allowing only two people from different households to meet in public have now been extended until March 1st.
Additionally, cities with populations of over 50,000 will be under perimetral lockdown on weekends and public holidays with city limits sealed from 3pm on Fridays to 6am on Mondays.
The autonomous community has extended its regional border closure until March 1st at least and closed dozens of municipalities across the region.
Closed all restaurants and bars except for take-away service.
Closed non-essential businesses at 6pm
Closed sports centres and gyms
Social visits banned in private homes unless it is to visit vulnerable adults or minors.
Curfew at 10pm
Aragón
Aragón's current restrictions include:
Perimetral confinement of the region and of each of the three provinces of Teruel, Zaragoza and Huesca meaning travel between these three provinces as well as in and out of the region itself is not allowed unless for justified reason when a declaration form must be completed.
The cities of Zaragoza, Teruel capital, Alcañiz and Calatayud are also restricted.
The closure of all non-essential activities including bars and restaurants by 8pm from Monday to Thursday but 6pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday except in Huesca where it is 8pm even at weekends.
Bars and restaurants will also be limited by 30 percent capacity indoors and 50 percent capacity on the terraces. There is also a ban on smoking on the terraces and eating or drinking at the bar.
Social groups reduced to four people.
Services, shops and shopping malls are only allowed to open at 25 percent capacity.
Curfew is in place between 10pm and 6am
La Rioja
Regional authorities in La Rioja are recommending all its residents undertake a voluntary lockdown and confine themselves at home, most especially those over the age of 65. They also announced that from January 16th, all non-essential businesses including bars and restaurants close at 5pm and social gatherings be limited to four people.
A perimeter confinement has also been placed around all municpalities from January 22nd
The perimeter closure of La Rioja has been extended to February 23rd
The nightly curfew has been changed to 10pm.
Socializing must be restricted to those within the same household or between a social bubble if someone lives alone.
Restaurants closed except for take.away and delivery service.
All cultural and sporting activities suspended.
Extremadura
Authorities in Extremadura have taken the decision to loosen restrictions slightly from Friday February 5th and will allow 'non-essential' shop opening hours to be open between 10.00 to 18.00 on weekdays and up to 14.00 on Saturdays. In unconfined municipalities bars and restaurants can now open between 7am and 6pm with a limited capacity.
Closure of bars and restaurants in municipalities over 3,000 population with an incidence rate over 500 cases per 100,000.
The restricted towns are: San Vicente de Alcántara, Miajadas, Valencia de Alcántara, Puebla de la Calzada, Malpartida de Plasencia, Villafranca de los Barros, Santa Amalia, Ribera del Fresno, Trujillo, Montijo, Talavera la real, Alburquerque, Calamonte, La Zarza, Herrera del Duque, Hervás, Arroyo de San Serván, Villanueva del Fresno, Valverde de Leganés, Aceuchal, Barcarrota and Santa María.
Across the whole region a curfew is in place from 10pm until 6am and meetings are limited to six people.
Castilla y León
Authorities in Castilla y León have brought forward the curfew to 8pm until 6am - a move that was allowed by the central government's even though it falls outside the State of Alarm curfew window of between 10pm and midnight until 5am to 7am.
Earlier this month the region closed down shopping centres and gyms, and extended a ban on non-essential travel across regional borders until May.
A maximum number of four people allowed to meet in private with the recommendation that groups are limited to the same household.
In addition restaurants and bars are only allowed to serve outside on terrazas or provide take-away service.
Travel between provinces of the region is also banned until May 9th except for when there is justified cause.
Balearic Islands
From February 15th Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera are at a high level 4 and remain confined meaning only those with justified cause can come and go from the islands.
Residents on these islands are not to mix socially outside their household, unless they lived alone in which case they could form a bubble with one other household. Non-essential businesses are closed as well as bars and restaurants which can only offer take-away service. Gyms are closed.
A curfew is in place between 10pm and 6am across all the islands.
Menorca is the only island where bars and restaurants remain open although only with table service outside. Social meetings are capped at 6 people from a maximum of two househols.
Murcia
Murcia is also limiting meetings of people from different households, now capped at two people.
Authorities have imposed a perimetral confinement around 25 of the regions 45 municipalities and those on high level of alert have closed bars and restaurants for all but take-away service.
Castilla- La Mancha
The region has closed its borders to all those without justified reason to cross (such as work or study) but has lifted limits restricting movement between all munipalities except three in the Toledo province; Fuensalida, Torrijos and Casarrubios del Monte.
A curfew is in place from 10pm until 6am
The number of people allowed to meet is limited to from six with recommendation that groups are limited to a maximum of two households.
Restaurants and bars are open with 30 percent capacity indoors and no at the bar service but those who enter must show a GR code to be served.
Shops open at 30 percent of capacity.
Limit meetings to one household.
Andalusia
Rules currently in place mean municipal confinement imposed on every city with a population of over 100,000 in addition towns that see infection rates rise above 500 cases per 100,000 and the closure of all non-essential businesses in municipalities where the rate tops 1,000 cases per 100,000 people.
Travel in and out of the region is not allowed unless with justified cause
Movement is not allowed between its eight provinces.
Restaurants and bars to close at 6pm except for take-away service up until 9.30pm for collection on 10.30pm for delivery
Social gatherings are limited to four people in both private and public spaces.
Curfew between 10pm and 6am
Businesses and shops to close by 6pm unless in high risk municipality when all non-essential businesses closed entirely.
As of Monday February 15, the perimeter remains closed around some 600 municipalities including the eight provincial capitals given their infection rate of more than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days.
Andalusia's border is closed until February 27th.
Asturias
Travel in and out of the territory is not allowed except for justified reasons.
Authorities have limited the number allowed at a social gathering to six if outside and recommends that they represent no more than two households but that is limited to four people in restaurants.
The curfew remains at 10pm until 6am.
All businesses including restaurants must be shut by 8pm with the last customers admitted at 7.30pm. Although take-away service can be offered until 10pm.
Cantabria
The current rules are:
Regional borders closed meaning travel in and out of the territory is not allowed except for justified reasons.
Limit on the number allowed at a social gathering to six people with recommendation that they represent no more than two households but that is limited to four people in restaurants.
The curfew remains at 10pm until 6am.
Shopping centres are closed at weekends starting on Saturday January 15th
Bars and restaurants are only allowed to serve outside tables.
Galicia
New restricitions come into force on Wednesday January 27th until at least February 17th.
Social gatherings from different households have been banned
Restaurants and bars must close except for takeway
All non-essential shops to close at 6pm
Curfew between10pm until 6am but asked residents to "self-confine" from 8pm
Other restrictions are in place in various municipalities across the region
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