COVID-19: Spain Eases Strict Lockdown
People exercise in Seville on May 2, 2020, during the hours allowed by the government to go out and exercise, for the first time since the beginning of a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. CRISTINA QUICLER / AFPSpaniards were allowed out of their homes to exercise and walk freely after 48 days of confinement on Saturday as some European nations began cautiously easing virus lockdowns while others like Russia faced a spike in new infections.
“After so many weeks in confinement, I badly wanted to go out, run, see the world,” said financial advisor Marcos Abeytua in Madrid’s Chueca district who got up a 7 am to enjoy some time outside. “Yesterday, I was like a child on Christmas Eve.” France on Saturday decided it would extend a health emergency, in place since March 24, by two months until July 24, Health Minister Olivier Veran announced after a cabinet meeting.
In Moscow, the epicentre of Russia’s outbreak, around two per cent of the population is infected by COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, officials said. Its approval came as the US leaders struggled with growing pressure from citizens wearying of stay-at-home orders. “Open California!” chanted protesters near the closed beaches, carrying signs that read “All jobs are essential” or “Freedom is essential”.In Asia, India announced that the lockdown on its 1.3 billion people — the world’s biggest — would continue for two more weeks from May 4.
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