The Minister for Health, Salvador Illa, in a press conference this evening has outlined the terms in which we can go out from Saturday May 2nd. Before he went into the details of what would be allowed, he pointed out that Spain has come a long way from 14th March when the number of confirmed cases was rising 35% per day to the current position which is 0.6%. The minister stated that the State of emergency has worked and that the five countries (America, United Kingdom, France, Italy & Spain) with the most mobility within the population have been the hardest hit by Covid 19. So here are the condions in terms of time tables and age groups that come in effect from Saturday May 2nd:

• 14-69 year olds can go out to do individual sport or for walks as long as they stay within 1km of their home and timetable of 6.00 to 10.00 or 20.00 to 23.00. Anyone with symptoms most remain at home. You can do this once a day and for a period of one hour.
• 70 year olds or people who need carers can go out to do individual sport or for walks as long as they stay within 1km of their home and timetable of 10.00 to 12.00 or 19.00 to 20.00. Anyone with symptoms most remain at home. You can do this once a day and for a period of one hour.
• Children under 14 can go out to do individual sport or for walks as long as they stay within 1km of their home and timetable of 12.00 to 19.00. Anyone with symptoms most remain at home. You can do this once a day and for a period of one hour.

The timetables are for all towns with a population of 5,000 inhabitants or more. The towns or villages below that number can carry out sport of walks anytime between 6am and 11pm.

Minister Salvador Illa, asked everyone to exercise caution and prudence as the virus is still amongst us but he also said “We go into this together and we will come out of this together”.

Tomorrow a full guide will be published and as soon as it is, I will publish the main clarifications.