Home lockdown to be considered if current restrictions fall short of aim

Catalonia has two weeks to stop the progression of Covid-19 if its residents want to avoid a home lockdown similar to the one enforced in March and April.

This is what is inferred from a press conference on Friday by the Catalan health department's secretary general, Marc Ramentol – the health public secretary, Josep Maria Argimon, tested positive for coronavirus and was hospitalized for several days, with him recovering at home now.

Ramentol said that a home confinement is not ruled out if the measures enforced on Friday are not enough to stop the virus – the authorities usually assess the effectiveness of regulations two weeks after being implemented.

Yet, such a lockdown could be different from that in March, and schools might remain open.

"We know that closing schools is not a measure that probably would be effective now, and that is why we have not enforced it," he said. "With this I mean that when we talk about home lockdown, it might not necessarily be the same as in March."