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Adults In Spain Get A Bit Of Sunshine As Coronavirus Lockdown Partially Lifts

Last week, children there got to play outside for the first time in weeks. Now adults are taking advantage of the same opportunity in droves, as authorities allowed a few hours of recreation Saturday.
A father and son walk past some COVID-19-inspired graffiti in Barcelona late last month, when children across Spain were allowed outside for exercise. On Saturday, after a strict seven-week lockdown, adults got the chance to do so themselves, with or without kids.

After waiting out a seven-week coronavirus lockdown, and some of the strictest social distancing measures in Western Europe, adults in Spain are being allowed out to play at last. On Saturday, six days after Spanish children to exercise outside, authorities offered their counterparts above.

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