Impromptu football games, games of 'pilla-pilla', parents who took advantage of the fact that their children went on bicycles to jog, crowds of little ones without a mask ... the fear of the pandemic was the only one that stayed at home largely of Valencian households on the first day of the children's de-escalation programmed by the Pedro Sánchez Government.

Although many families kept their distance during their walks on the street, in general, recklessness was the keynote in the city of Valencia during the release from confinement. Proof of this were the messages issued by the Minister of Health, Ana Barceló, who recalled through Twitter that "if there is no responsibility there will be a setback" ; or from the Deputy Mayor of Valencia, Sandra Gómez, who criticized the same channel: «We opened the gardens to walk through pleasant surroundings, not to play soccer. Think about what restaurants and shops closed when they see this with the enormous financial effort they are making. Warning: what doesn't work will go into reverse. ”

The President of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig , made an appeal to good sense and insisted that with the departure of children, “we do not let our guard down. Some videos give bad examples . They are the exception. Maximum prudence ».

not respect measures

Given the apathy shown by some parents, the Councilor for Citizen Security of Valencia , Aarón Cano, warned that during the next few days they will impose sanctions on families who, during the hour-long walk with their children, do not respect measures such as distance between people .

The councilman released this notice after yesterday morning in the Valencian parks saw scenes of group games and social gatherings prohibited by the state of alarm.

Cano insisted that on the first day of the confinement opening for boys and girls, “the images that we have found, that we have seen, are those expected. Today is a day in which no sanction was going to be applied, in which people are explained the reasons why one can be sanctioned ».

The lack of control on the part of some parents of the de-escalation in the gardens of the city, Cano advanced that “tomorrow the sanctions will proceed. The pedagogy ends today at nine o'clock at night , tomorrow we will pass to sanction. And, if in the next few days we see that the situation in the parks and gardens of the city of Valencia is not convenient for the state in which we find ourselves, we would study the possibility of closing them ».

The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, ordered that minors under 14 years of age represent an exception within the confinement ordered by the state of alarm in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and that they can leave from today, one hour and only one kilometer from their home, to play in the street, although respecting the general measures to prevent contagion, which includes keeping the distance between people of at least one and a half meters.

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