On April 26, Spain allowed children under 14 to venture out though with stringent guidelines. They can go out for an hour in a day; they must be accompanied by parents or guardians; they must remain within one kilometer of their residence, and they must adhere to social distancing mechanisms. They will stroll only as parks and playgrounds remain closed. Still, as television channels beamed, there were smiling faces. As one parent said, after a lockdown of 40 days, small joys like feeling the fresh air on the face made it appear like a rebirth. And this is despite the 24,275 deaths and 213,000 infections as on April 30, which have transformed this European country known for tourism into a graveyard of despairs. The country is finally limping back to normalcy. From May 2, adults would also be allowed to exercise and stroll outside. The epidemiological curve has been flattened in Spain, and would soon be squashed going by experts.
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