Judge rules no confinement in Catalan city

By Joan Faus and Emma Pinedo
Updated July 13 2020 - 10:11pm, first published 7:13pm
A judge has ruled against a tougher lockdown in Lleida and seven other Catalan areas in Spain.
A judge has ruled against a tougher lockdown in Lleida and seven other Catalan areas in Spain.

A Spanish judge has barred Catalan authorities from confining about 160,000 people to their homes but the region's leader has urged people to stay home anyway to stem a surge in coronavirus cases.