19 Mar, 2020 @ 23:57
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BREAKING: Spain orders ALL hotels to close amid coronavirus pandemic – including caravan parks and camping sites

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SPAIN has ordered for the closure of all its hotels in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. 

A ruling published in the Official State Gazette calls for ‘the suspension of opening to the public all hotels and similar accommodation, tourist accommodation and other short-stay accommodation in every part of the national territory.’

The order includes camping sites and caravan parks.

The accommodations have seven days from this Thursday to shut their doors.

Only establishments with long-term guests will be permitted to remain open, provided they have the necessary infrastructure to allow for them to remain on lockdown and away from other guests, reported Diario Sur.

It comes as Spain has become the fourth most-affected country in the world with at least 17,147 cases and 767 deaths.

The country has been under a state of alarm since Saturday, with authorities given extra powers to ensure people remain indoors.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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