Spain's Catalonia has extended for a second time a nighttime curfew that was imposed on the tourist hotspot to fight a Covid-19 surge.
A Catalan court approved the regional government's request to extend the nightly curfew between 1am and 6am in 163 cities including Barcelona and popular beach resorts like Sitges and Salou.
The measure was imposed in the northwestern region bordering France in mid-July and this is the second time that it is extended.
Catalonia has Spain's highest Covid-19 incidence rate. Before imposing the curfew, the region had instituted other virus restrictions such as limiting gatherings in public and private to 10 people.