more measures are on the way spanish prime minister pietro sanchez issued a state of emergency on sunday. is the situation we're living in is extreme this is the worst medical emergency that we've lived through since our constitution was approved the worst in the last century. that's why we're approving a state of emergency again because this is the best tool to keep the virus at bay nationwide the country is under curfew from 11 at night until 6 in the morning and now local authorities have the power to ban travel between regions only the canary island is exempt the prime minister is asking the parliament for an extension of the new rules so that they can remain in place until may spain became the 1st european nation to record a 1000000 cuban american cases last week when the pandemic 1st hit spain imposed tough restrictions the prime minister doesn't want to go back to that he hopes these new measures will be enough to keep people safe. well earlier we asked journalist for qatar perez celera in madrid what is behind spine's latest spike in coronavirus crisis. really numbers down in spr