Barcelona bar workers protest against ‘shameful’ coronavirus restrictions

By Spencer Neale

Published October 16, 2020 7:01pm ET

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Barcelona bar workers protest against ‘shameful’ coronavirus restrictions — Workers of catering sectors clash with police officers during a protest organised by restaurants and bar owners in Barcelona, Spain, Friday Oct. 16, 2020. Bars and restaurants close from Friday and for two weeks in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, while other cities impose or prepare for soft lockdowns amid one of Europe's sharpest resurgences of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

More than 1,000 protesters took to the streets of Barcelona on Friday to protest against a new round of lockdown restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.

The protesters, most of whom were hospitality workers, filed into Barcelona’s Old City to protest against a new, 15-day shutdown of bars and restaurants ordered by the Catalan regional government. The restriction measures in Barcelona also force capacity limits on shops and gyms in the city.

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