As hard-hit Spain saw a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and began to tip-toe into lifting some lockdown restrictions, other nations have tightened theirs.

Socked with more than 16,300 total virus victims, Spanish leaders were heartened to see a third consecutive day in which the daily death toll came down, adding 510 fatalities Saturday, the lowest daily total since March 23.

Starting Monday, construction and manufacturing workers in Spain can return to their jobs — although the lockdown is expected to stay in place until April 26 as the country feared a potential resurgence of cases.

“The data shows that we are meeting our objectives, but we remain in an important phase of the pandemic,” said Health Minister Salvador Illa.

France saw similar signs of hope, with the number of patients in intensive care units falling for a third consecutive day.

Still, Jerome Salomon, director general of health, warned, “We must not give up our collective efforts.”

Other world leaders battened down the hatches as the virus strengthened within their borders.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut off incoming international flights after officials at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv released 70 passengers from Newark, NJ, Saturday without verifying their plans for a mandated 14-day quarantine or checking their temperatures.

In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked citizens across the country to avoid nightlife outings as a record 197 cases were added to Tokyo’s total on Saturday.

In Russia, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week went ahead in Moscow despite a nationwide spike of 1,667 cases on Saturday.

The fashion shows aired on the TikTok video app, but designers still had to assemble models, along with hair, makeup and production teams.

Russian officials said on Saturday that hospitals were seeing a “huge influx of patients.”

“The number of sick people is growing,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on state TV. “We are seeing hospitals in Moscow working extremely intensely, in heroic, emergency mode.”

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday that the city was nowhere near reaching its peak and was only in the “foothills.”

With life slowly returning to normal in China, virus cases originating from abroad prompted the city of Guangzhou to declare that anyone who appeared African would not be served in bars and restaurants, prompting outrage, the US Consulate there said.

Some countries, meanwhile, found lighthearted moments.

Uganda’s 79-year-old president, Yoweri Museveni, donned a Nike tracksuit and recorded a workout video to show his citizens how to exercise while cooped up.

And in Taiwan, where baseball is set to return, robotic mannequins and cardboard cutouts replaced spectators in the stands of the Chinese Professional Baseball League’s home opener between the Rakuten Monkeys and the Fubon Guardians.

Additional reporting by Melanie Gray and Paula Froelich