Economics
Coronavirus Lockdown Tightens Across Europe
- Spain unveils emergency measures to curb coronavirus spread
- Berlin is first major German city to order pubs, clubs to shut
Restaurant terraces remain closed at the usually overcrowded Plaza Mayor in central Madrid on March 14.
Photographer: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images
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France closed restaurants, cafés and non-essential stores and Spain imposed a national lockdown as European governments from Scandinavia to the Balkans increasingly curtailed public life to fight the coronavirus.