Europe: ”Parties and nightclubs: The new hotspots of coronavirus outbreaks in Spain”

Several regions have set limits on capacity on establishments and shut down nighttime venues in a bid to prevent new surges in case numbers.

A coronavirus outbreak at a nightclub in Córdoba, in Spain’s southern region of Andalusia, has led to a large spike in infections, with 73 confirmed cases on Sunday, double the number reported the previous day.

Around 400 people attended the nightclub Babylonia to celebrate the end of the school year on July 10. A week later the first case was detected, with 670 contacts under medical surveillance. The outbreak is now the largest of the 21 active in Andalusia, and the one of the biggest in Spain. The spike in infections is one of several related to nightclubs and parties in Spain, which authorities consider one of the greatest risks in the fight to slow coronavirus contagion.