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Spanish PM Rejects New Lockdown Amid Surge in Virus Cases
- Premier promises to support regional authorities as needed
- Governments to get powers to declare local state of emergency
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected a new national lockdown, putting pressure instead on regional authorities to come up with a response to the nation’s resurgent coronavirus outbreak.
In his first public comments in three weeks, Sanchez said Tuesday that the central government will provide whatever support required by the regions -- which oversee health policy -- and that they will be authorized to declare a local state of emergency if necessary.