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Authorities add new restrictions such as closing schools and suspending plenary sessions, with financial aid provided to affected sectors

Guaranteeing basic supplies, permanent communication with residents, resources for sectors that could come to a standstill included in unprecedented measures

1.8 million students and 100,000 teachers affected by decision taken to avoid spread of coronavirus

Health system phone number 061 made free to call as of today, while tourism promotion is halted

One person is confirmed to have died of covid-19 while two other deaths are being investigated

Welsh parliament speaker denounces former Catalan speaker's imprisonment

Spain surpasses 2,100 diagnoses, half of which in Madrid

Authorities begin introducing restrictions on large gatherings, activities for senior citizens, and travel bans as number of infections continue to rise

Josep Maria Jové and Lluís Salvadó were in charge of economy and treasury departments during the independence push

Country moves to "alert" phase with authorities also insisting that all sports events be held behind closed doors

Meanwhile Spanish Congress suspends events after first MP infected

CoMB president calls for "minimizing" impact of outbreak and warns of overwhelming "stretched" Catalan health service

Book co-written with independence leader's sister, Montse Bassa, an MP for Esquerra Republicana in the Spanish congress

Ex president Carles Puigdemont says recognition would be “first step” to advance dialogue

Former presidency and territory ministers allowed out 5 days a week, 12 hours a day