Tantrums over? Spain approves lockdown extension but will let children out

FILE PHOTO: Patrol cars of local police and Spanish National police are seen in the empty shopping La Bola street during the lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ronda, southern Spain, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

MADRID (Reuters) - Relieved Spanish parents welcomed on Wednesday a decision allowing children out on short walks for the first time in more than a month as the government voted to extend Spain's lockdown until May 9.

With Europe's second highest death toll of 21,717 and the world's second most infections at 208,389, Spain's tough restrictions have included a controversial ban on children leaving their homes since mid-March.