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Rosaleen Fenton

Family in Spain under house arrest after catching coronavirus and refusing to isolate

Officials in Spain have ordered a family of four to remain under house arrest after testing positive for coronavirus.

The family face stricter measures after reportedly refusing to quarantine.

The four members, two adults and two children, tested positive in Huesca, the north east of the country, last week.

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The family tested positive in Huesca (Getty Images)

Aragon health authorities requested surveillance 24-hours a day from a judge after they refused to isolate.

Now the family must finishing their isolation properly before being allowed outside

According to Olive Press, the family came from a shanty town in Loma Verde, where there have been several coronavirus infections recorded.

The makeshift houses are said to have up to 80 people living in them.

Most people are said to be self-isolating but Policia Local are carrying out patrols to ensure the rules are enforced.

Now social services are working with families to ensure they have enough supplies whilst in quarantine.

The strict measures follow residents in a small Spanish town being banned from eating snacks such as sweets and sunflower seeds whilst on the go.

The bizarre ban in Deleitosa near Caceres, is designed to stop children sharing packs of seeds or crisps.

Deleitosa, home to around 700 people, is less than 30 miles from Peralada de la Mata where 16 people have tested positive for coronavirus.

The town hall has also banned drinking of alcohol in public as well as any activity which risks breaching social distancing measures.

Mayor Juan Pedro Dominguez said: "There's a lot of the children here at the moment and late in the day when the heat dies down, they get together to share things like sunflower seeds and drop the shells or other sweets or crisps they're eating and we're having situations where small children spot them and pick them up.

"For health reasons and above all prevention of the spread of the virus we're introducing this prohibition.

"We've tended to encourage children to snare their sweets and crisps but it's not the recommended thing to do right now."

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