Madrid, Spain; 13/03/2020.- The Community of Madrid closed public children's spaces because the population continued to gather with their children there, turning them into a focus of contagion. It has also decreed the closure of all the restaurant business from tomorrow 03/14/2020 with the aim of stopping contagions by coronavirus. The measure, which takes effect this Saturday and will remain active until March 26, In the city of Madrid (2018) there were 4,876 terraces for bars and restaurants, with 169,000 chairs, authorized to occupy 164,026 square meters There are more than 31,000 bars and restaurants - food and drink businesses - in the region, according to data from the Hoteliers Association, with around 236,000 employees. The Community of Madrid has more than 2,600 companies, including discotheques and nightclubs, cocktail bars, theaters and musicals, producers of festivals and cultural events, tablaos, show restaurants, festivals and festive entities, which employs 20,800 workers. Photo: Juan Carlos Rojas/Picture Alliance | usage worldwide