Speaking to regional
premiers on Sunday, Pedro Sánchez said that the exceptional measures
would begin to be lifted in the coming days “if nothing goes wrong”.
On Monday, the majority of the country (including Salou) will be in Phase 2 of the government’s deescalation plan,
which runs from Phase 0 to Phase 3. After Phase 3, regions and other
territorial units will enter what the government has dubbed “the new
normality,” where social distancing will still be required but full
freedom of movement will return.
He also said that overseas tourists will be able to return to Spain from July (although he didn't say whether he meant the 1st or 31st!). Clarification is filtering through that "Spain will have to do deals with other countries if tourism is to restart." Just a little too late for my sister to come on her long-planned visit in June. They do need tourism though as it's some 12% of GDP and an enormous employer of people.
I've dusted off the crystal ball and booked return flights to UK in June, allowing for a 14-day perod of self-isolation in my house in Cambridgeshire before returning to Spain. Of course that will depend on there being a 'green light' at both ends of the journey. And the flights not being cancelled. So far a Vueling flight on 11th and a BA flight on 11th have been cancelled. Fingers crossed that the third attempt will take off (and land!) as planned.
As part of the transition to Phase 2,
McDonalds has announced that they will re-open tomorrow. I shall make a
point of visiting them at some stage tomorrow and gorging myself on a
Big Mac and fries. Because I can. I have missed you Ronald! Maybe not so much the 30-minute walk there and 30-minute walk back.
As usual, a few GIF's, memes, JPGs etc. I hope I'm not repeating any.
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To finish, a coronavirus video in the style of the renowned Stanley Unwin. Who remembers him? N.B. If you're not a native-Brit and you're not older than fifty something you probably won't understand a word of what he's saying!
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