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SPAIN LOCKDOWN. An elderly couple wearing face masks walks in Madrid on April 30, 2020 during a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Photo by Gabriel Bouys / AFP)
In Madrid and Barcelona, Spaniards took to the streets to exercise and walk freely as the government eased seven weeks of strict lockdown"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 7am 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 monthsItaly is preparing to ease restrictions in coming days while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who spent time in intensive care with the virus, said Britain had past the peak of its outbreak. "The threat is apparently on the rise," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, said on his blog earlier Saturday.More than 3.3 million cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 195 countries, including 1.5 million in Europe alone. That number is likely only a fraction of true cases as testing is still limited.
Trump is keen for a turnaround as the world's largest economy reels with tens of millions left jobless. And in Singapore, the government said Saturday that pet food stores and hair salons will be allowed to reopen on May 12.
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