Millions of children in Spain under the age of 14 are enjoying their first taste of freedom in 42 days as the country relaxes their confinement rules and adults are likely to follow from May 2nd.

Police are today trying to control the new rules which allow youngsters to go out and play for one hour provided they are accompanied by a parent or allocated guardian.

There is already confusion as some locations in Spain are said to have 'opened their beaches' but technically, only children who live less than one kilometre away can visit and they must not sunbathe or swim or have a picnic.

The authorities say police won't be taking a heavy-handed approach but will be 'timing' some people who will be warned to go home if they exceed the one hour limit.

The new rules for children allow them to ride a bicycle or scooters or carry a ball but they can't play with other children outside their family group and can't go to playgrounds.

They can only go out from 9am to 9pm, for one hour, with a parent or guardian, with no more than three children in total. They can only venture one kilometre from their house and are being advised to wear masks, though this is not compulsory.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8258159/Millions-children-Spain-venture-time-42-days-hours-play.html

Early indications suggest the rules are already being breached and families are making unauthorised trips to beaches further away from their homes. Police do have the power to enforce fines if necessary.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that from May 2nd, adults will also be able to go out for walks and to practise individual sport 'as long as the favourable evolution of the pandemic' allowed it.

The de-escalation plan will be presented on Tuesday once approved by the Council of Ministers.

Spain's State of Emergency has just been extended from April 26th to midnight on May 10th but Mr. Sanchez has set May 2nd as the beginning of the end of the lockdown.

He stressed the de-escalation will be gradual in all aspects of life, all activities will be recovered in stages and with changes depending on the steps that are taken.

It will, said the Prime Minister, be asymmetric: 'It will depend on the territory in which one lives, since the incidence has been disparate. It has to be coordinated, with the same rules for everyone. We enter together and we will leave together as a country, as a team, even if at different speeds.'

And he added: 'It is important that the scorecard is coordinated by the Government of Spain to strengthen the capacities of the national health system in order to strengthen health surveillance and the detection of new outbreaks.'

The Prime Minister said that 'this second stage of transition is as fraught with risks and dangers as the first. We do not have an infallible manual.'

Watch: A family in Madrid venture outside for the first time in 6 weeks:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/embed/p08bkt66/52471208

Hmmmmmmmmm. This is where lockdown worked. Not here in Nigeria wey people never see food chop u dey talk of lockdown.

a whole 6weeks

I still don't see the use of the nose mask as it is not airborne

Oyinbo Almajiri

javaguru:
I still don't see the use of the nose mask as it is not airborne

It will prevent touching your nose and eyes with your coronavirus infected hands.

Mother Earth got sick.... everyone panicked.....

God, please heal thy mother Earth....

javaguru:
I still don't see the use of the nose mask as it is not airborne

Who said it wasn't airborne??


When you cough and someone inhale the virus from the air.... what do you call it?


This coronavirus is a communicable disease and it is easily transmitted if the virus is in contact with your face and finds its way to your mouth or nose or eyes....


Washing your hands is to wash the virus off... Covering your face is to avoid inhaling or having it pass into your mouth...


You just have to take measures to prevent it, even if you don't believe in it.... (if only you don't)

javaguru:
I still don't see the use of the nose mask as it is not airborne

The primary user for these masks is to stop the wearer from spreading any potential virus - this is why surgeons wear them when performing surgery.

They are not that effective at stopping covid 19 as they are not airtight (there are more effective masks out there), but it is something, so long as they are not over work.

6 weeks cooped up. Chai! Imagine being their parents in a small apartment.