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Cyclists and joggers took to the streets and boardwalks of Spain today as the country continued to reduce its coronavirus blockade while other European nations smoothly emerged from quarantine.
When the first Spanish sports addicts left their homes from 6 in the morning after 49 days of confinement, to make the most of their four-hour window this morning. They will also be allowed to leave between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. tonight.
Yesterday, Austria “abandoned” restrictions on movement entirely, after Public Health Minister Rudolf Anschober announced a roadmap to close the May closure earlier this week.
Austria loosened its quarantine early, with small stores opening in mid-April, which will roll out to beauty salons this month.
People are seen running and cycling through Puerta de Alcalá on the first day that Spain eased its Covid-19 blockade measures to allow exercise on May 2, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. Spain continues to relax Covid-19 blockade measures this weekend, with forecasts of high temperatures throughout the country. Activities now allowed include walking with the family, exercising outdoors, such as running and hanging out with children.
Several people exercise or go for a walk along the Paseo Marítimo this morning in Barcelona, Spain. Spain begins a de-escalation phase amid the coronavirus outbreak, allowing adults to leave their homes on a daily basis, but with restrictions
A pair of early-rising cyclists venture this morning into Malaga, southern Spain, after the country reduced its closing restrictions, allowing adults to go out in a shift pattern
Although Austrians are now free to wander through their cities and towns at a safe distance, they will still not be able to eat at a restaurant until May 15.
The European nation has consistently reported fewer than 100 cases of coronavirus per day, with only 542 deaths since the start of the outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.
Meanwhile, at breakfast this morning, thousands of cyclists had embarked on a five-mile trail in Barcelona known as La Carretera de les Aigues, making it difficult to maintain patterns of social distancing.
A hairdresser cuts a client’s hair, both wearing protective masks in Salzburg, Austria, on May 2, 2020. – Austrian citizens are allowed to leave the house for non-essential travel as it facilitates blocking measures for the coronavirus , but said limits in the meetings and the rules of social distancing would remain in force
People exercise early in the morning in Madrid, Spain today. Spain has begun a de-escalation phase in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, allowing adults to leave their homes on a daily basis, but only during specific hours
In some parts of Madrid, sports enthusiasts, most without face masks, also approached each other as they used the same sidewalks to exercise.
Today marked the start of the time slot system announced by Health Minister Salvador Illa on Thursday.
Adults who want to play individual sports like running and biking have been told to leave by 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. or 8 p.m. at 11 p.m.
People over 70 who want to take a walk should wait for their two-hour window between 10 a.m. and noon or 7 p.m. at 8 p.m.
People are rushing to open a clothing store for the first time since the government imposed restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus on May 2, 2020 in Vienna, Austria. Since May 1, the Austrian government lifted all restrictions regarding personal movement and all shops and businesses, except restaurants, cafes and bars, can reopen
Customers maintain a safe distance from each other while waiting in line to enter an IKEA exit in Vienna, Austria on May 2, 2020, after authorities reduced some of the measures that were implemented during the new pandemic crisis of the coronavirus COVID-19
And children under the age of 14 with a parent, who have been allowed to go out for an hour between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. From last Sunday, they will be able to do it, but only from noon to 7 p.m.,
Adults under the age of 70 who want to stroll have also been told to follow the same hours as sports enthusiasts, but they must stay less than a kilometer from their homes and walk for an hour at most.
Those who do sports can move within their municipality for as long as they wish within their assigned hours.
Tarifa’s beaches were opened to water sports enthusiasts, including windsurfers and kitesurfers, though swimming will remain off-limits until June 8, when some areas hope to advance to the final phase of a national reduction plan. of scale.
In towns and cities, the strange skater mixed with the many runners and cyclists.
Runners at the Marbella Costa del Sol complex were encouraged to use a series of routes recommended by a local athlete and promoted by the council on social media.
In Barcelona, 70 parks and more than 40 streets closed to traffic have been reopened to facilitate social distancing.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pleads with people to act ‘responsibly’ in a morning tweet.
But, the high death toll from the Covid-19 number still looms over the Mediterranean country, with the count surpassing the 25,000 mark today.
Spanish health chiefs said 276 people with coronavirus had died in the previous 24 hours, bringing the number of Covid-19 deaths since the start of the crisis to 25,100.
Flight passengers queued at a check-in counter of the low-cost airline Wizz Air yesterday at Schwechat airport near Vienna, Austria. – Wizz Air is restarting flights from Vienna to 20 destinations in the coming weeks, with the first services starting yesterday.
A man runs through a Madrid park this morning as the country eases its closure restrictions, allowing adults to go out in a shift pattern
Adults can exercise and go for a walk from 6 a.m. at 10 a.m. and from 8 a.m. at 11 p.m. Seniors can go for a walk from 10 a.m. at 12 p.m. and from 7 p.m. at 8 p.m. and children under 14, from 12 p.m. at 7 p.m. Spain has had one of the strictest blockades in Europe since March 15
People can be seen cycling on a highway in Madrid as Spain eases its blocking restrictions, allowing adults to go out daily in a shift pattern
He said: ‘Today we take a new step with measures that facilitate confinement, but we must do it with common sense and responsibility,
“The virus is still out there.”
British expatriate John Stephens, on a morning walk in Marbella, said: “ I intended to go to the seafront, but when I got there it was quite crowded.
“ People were trying to stay as far away as possible, but the problem was absolute numbers. It was crazy to be honest.
“I hope it’s just a case of people desperate to get out and play sports after being locked up inside for so long, and the novelty will be gone for many later in the week.”
Tour de France winner Pedro Delgado, criticizing Health Minister Salvador Illa in a sarcastic tweet about slot machines early in the morning and late at night, said: ‘Great things, Minister Illa.
‘With these schedules and the limits of the municipal limits, it is impossible to do cycling.
‘It is an invitation for everyone to go out at the same time and continually get closer at times of the day when visibility is not excellent.
Caption: A Spanish official has come under fire after using bleach to disinfect a popular tourist beach, Zahara de los Atunes beach
‘Perhaps it has been designed to give more work to our already saturated hospitals?’
Lifting the ban on outdoor sport is the second key measure to block the coronavirus in Spain, after children under 14 were able to date a parent or guardian since last Sunday.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday a four-phase de-escalation plan for Covid-19, which will begin on Monday in some Canary Islands and Formentera in the Balearic Islands.
Two men surf the waters around Maresme, Barcelona, Spain, this morning as the country eases its blockade restrictions
Hotels have been reopened on the islands, although hoteliers there and in other parts of Spain hoping to reopen on May 11 say they intend to remain closed because there are no tourists.
Travel between provinces and islands in Spain has been prohibited until at least June 22.
The question of when the air and land borders will reopen, and whether foreign tourists can return to Spain, remains unanswered.
Spain’s Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto confirmed on Thursday that the Spanish government was preparing a plan to relaunch national tourism before the peak summer season.
On the issue of foreign tourism, he said that his intention was that they “return soon and with the maximum guarantees of safety, if the health and travel situation allowed it.”
As Spain eases its quarantine, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock announced today that the number of British deaths had risen by 739 to 27,510 deaths, just below Italy, which was one of the first and most affected European states.
Deaths in Italy increased by 269 on Friday, from 285 the previous day, the country’s Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily count of new infections was 1,965 against 1,872 on Thursday.
The total death toll since the outbreak came on February 21 is now 28,236, the agency said, the second highest in the world after that of the United States. Even Italy, which has been badly hit by the virus, will begin easing the restrictions on Monday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said last week.
Italians will soon be able to visit family members, but only in small numbers, while parks, factories and construction sites will also reopen.
Italy has hesitated to facilitate blocking measures after registering the highest number of deaths after the US. USA In the image: a man was carried on a stretcher to an ambulance yesterday in Trieste
A family spoke on the terrace of their apartment building in the center of Rome, in the San Lorenzo district, on International Workers’ Day yesterday during the country’s closure aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID infection. -19, caused by the new coronavirus.
Musicians Arianna Consoli and Giufí Galati perform for the show Sotto lo Stesso Cielo tour (Under the same sky tour) in the Torpignattara suburbs on May 1, 2020 in Rome, Italy. Italy will remain blocked to stop transmission of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), slowly easing restrictions
But the children will not be asked to attend classes until September, the prime minister said.
An emergency hospital operating at Ifema in Madrid, the largest field hospital in Europe that at one time was treating almost 1,300 patients with Covid-19, closed on Friday.
It started operating on March 22 to help saturated hospitals in the Spanish capital.
Evolution shows that Spain is withdrawing from the crisis that has now claimed the lives of 24,824 people. The death toll increased by 281 overnight, according to the health ministry, a small increase from the previous day, but it remains one of the lowest daily tolls in weeks.
But the economic cost was mounting. Economy Minister Nadia Calvino announced on Friday a forecast of a record drop in Spain’s gross domestic product (GDP) of 9.2 percent in 2020, higher than during the country’s 2008-2013 Great Recession.
Spain has been one of the countries most affected by the pandemic that spread worldwide from China since December.
However, the decline of the pandemic in Spain has drastically reduced the number of people admitted to hospitals (732 new patients, according to the latest data) and the authorities closed on Friday the temporary facilities installed at the Ifema exhibition center in Madrid.
“I thank the entire center, from the cleaning staff to the top, they have been kind, kind to us, a human warmth,” said Patrocinio González Dorado, 73, as he left the premises with a protective mask decorated with Lips of paper.
“We have had no family here and they have served as family and support,” said Gonzalez, who had been there since April 7.
The 1,350-bed hospital was the largest in Spain during the outbreak and a symbol of the nation’s struggle. He treated about 4,000 patients and will remain equipped and ready to reopen in the event of a new outbreak.
Another patient leaving the center in a wheelchair was applauded by health personnel as a singer sang the aria ‘Nessun Dorma’ from the opera ‘Turandot’.
However, dozens of health workers staged a protest when Madrid’s regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, came to officially close the facility, demanding more tests and better protective gear. The data shows that 41,239 health workers have tested positive for COVID-19 so far.
In the image: two cyclists ride beside the Guadalquivir river in Seville, Spain today
Unable to protest on the streets in traditional Labor Day protests, Spanish unions were unable to meet for the first time since the right to demonstrate in Spain was legalized in 1978.
Adapting to the restrictions, the unions called virtual demonstrations on social networks, demanding labor rights as potentially the worst economic crisis in Spanish history and a huge increase in unemployment was looming.
Economy Minister Calvino forecast a record GDP drop of 9.2 percent in 2020, but said a projected recovery was expected in 2021 with an increase of 6.8 percent. Unemployment for 2020 is forecast to rise to 19 percent, declining to 17.2 percent in 2021.
Beaches and hotels are empty in a tourism sector that is one of the largest contributors to the economy. Another engine, construction and the real estate sector, stands still after recovering from the 2008 financial crisis.
