Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Spain relaxes lockdown as daily coronavirus death toll falls to 517
Some businesses reopen but shops, bars and public spaces to remain closed
www.theguardian.com
Hundreds of thousands of non-essential employees in Spain have returned to work as European countries grapple with the question of when lockdown restrictions should be eased amid fears of a renewed spike in the coronavirus pandemic.
Police handed workers masks at transport hubs in the capital, Madrid, on Monday and businesses in the construction and manufacturing sectors tentatively reopened, after the government relaxed some lockdown measures put in place two weeks ago that confined most people to their homes.
Here is a chance to see how this works. The number of deaths in Spain is declining so they are ahead of us by a few weeks. if it works for them it will be a huge boost to the rest of us.
It is in everyones interest that this works out for the Spanish but I fear that this is an act of desperation. I suspect that the number of infections and casualties will increase.