On Sunday morning, the streets of Spain sang loudly as children were allowed to leave their homes for the first time in six weeks.

Spain was arguably the hardest-hit country in Europe and second-worst hit after the United States. But they have seen the light at the end of the tunnel after the daily number of infections continued to fall.

Bikes rattling, children shouting were only a small first taste of a gradual return to normal life in the country that has the second-highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections, behind the US.

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Susana Sabaté, a mother of 3-year-old twin boys, said, “This is wonderful! I can’t believe it has been six weeks; My boys are very active. Today when they saw the front door, and we gave them their scooters, they were thrilled.”

According to the Associated Press, Spain was among the nations that have reported enough progress in lowering infection rates to permit gradually loosening restrictions.

Prime Minister Sánchez said, “Maximum caution will be our guideline for the rollback. We must be very prudent, because there is no manual, no road map, to follow.” Sánchez will present a detailed plan Tuesday for the “de-escalation” of the lockdown. ” He also announced that Spaniards would be allowed to leave their homes for short walks and exercise starting May 2.

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#Barcelona: A mother with her son on a bicycle, the first day that children will be able to take to the streets since the state of alarm was declared in order to contain the #COVID19 #pandemic.

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— Spain MFA (@SpainMFA) April 26, 2020

So pleased that after 42 days proper total lockdown here in Spain from tomorrow under 14s can go out for an hour exercise with a parent (no more than 1km) then from May 2nd if stats keep improving the rest of maybe allowed out for an hour too 👏👏🇪🇸🙏🇪🇸

— BarcelonaMNCup (@BarcelonaTrophy) April 25, 2020

Glad to read where there are governments with common sense and leadership. This should have never come to a total shut down. However, it has been done, so we need to safely, slowly, and carefully reopen parts of our economic engine.

Here in America, essential shopping has been the top priority from state leadership.  In Spain, children under 14 have reportedly been in complete seclusion, but as of Sunday morning, things changed, and they were allowed to take walks with one parent for up an hour.

It’s happening, slowly but surely.

 

 

 

This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on April 26, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.

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