Spain's coronavirus epidemic has left thousands of Brit expats and tourists stranded in the country and scrambling to get home.
Cases in Spain rose sharply again on Sunday to 7,845 with 292 deaths now attributed to the virus.
On Friday, the Spanish government declared a state of emergency over the virus, with holoday hotspots Ibiza and Majorca put on lockdown.
Over the weekend, Jet2 turned flights heading to Spain round in mid-air after news of the situation in the country became graver.
Like in much of Europe, Spain's streets and beaches were deserted over the weekend as the country's people hunkered down at home, with British tourists marooned in hotels.
It emerged that five Valencia footballers were among the raft of new cases, with La Liga suspended like the Premier League in England.
On the Costa del Sol, home to 50,000 British expats, police in face masks and latex gloves patrolled beaches with megaphones, warning of prison time and on-the-spot fines of up to £25,000 for anyone caught breaching the lockdown.
Retired British fireman Denis Couzens and his wife Margaret are staying on a caravan site near the Costa del Sol resort of Estepona, having arrived in January.
Mr Couzens, 70, told the Daily Mail : "I take medication for a lung disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which could be linked to my years as a firefighter so I'm in the risk category... we're probably not going to take the risk of leaving to try to get home if things are still so volatile.
"There's a good 150 holidaymakers on the site at the moment and around 70 per cent of them are British. Most are in their sixties and seventies."
In Madrid, where a large portion of the country's deaths have occurred, shoppers kept a distance from each other as they formed an orderly queue outside a supermarket where they were let in two-by-two.
Spaniards have been ordered to stay indoors except for necessary outings such as buying food and medicine. Social gatherings are banned.
Some of the first restrictions on worshippers in early March included being told not to kiss religious statues, but these were ramped up in recent days with the cancellation of masses across Spain.
The cancellation of Easter parades that draw millions of spectators is a blow to Spain's tourism industry.
Spain is the UK's most popular holiday destination and welcomes 20million Britons a year. It is also home to 300,000 British expats, many of them elderly.
Airlines have cancelled a raft of flights to and from the Spanish mainland, ratcheting up the fears of Brits still there.
Julia Spencer, 52, from Saddleworth, near Manchester, flew out on Friday to an all-inclusive four-day holiday on Tenerife's five-star Sandos San Blas Nature Resort.
Mrs Spencer, who is holidaying with a friend, told the Mail: "There are hundreds of British tourists here and most of us are really panicked.
"We have no idea what's going on. The hotel reception say that once the lockdown comes into force, we won't be able to leave the hotel for any reason other than to visit a pharmacy. But we've had nothing official from anyone.
"There are lots of scary rumours going round. One of the bar staff said we could get a 500 euro fine if we leave the hotel. We are in a fortunate position because our holiday is all-inclusive and we've been told our flight home on Tuesday is going ahead as planned."
Mike Vidler, 69, of West Sussex said: "I am pretty sure that if I got coronavirus, I would find it very difficult. I have had MS for 41 years and I have type 2 diabetes.
"There are a lot of people worried here but we're just carrying on with our holidays as normal and trying not to panic too much."
The Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel to Spain and wants holidaymakers to follow the advice of local police.
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