Parents across the Madrid region scrambled for ways to cope with a two-week shut...
MADRID - Parents across the Madrid region scrambled for ways to cope with a two-week shutdown of schools starting Wednesday in the hope of stemming the spread of coronavirus, while authorities prepared to carry out daily disinfection of the metro network.
“It was chaos yesterday when I learnt about it. The phone started ringing and we started to see how we could organize ourselves. Thank God both the father and myself can work from home,” said Ester Force as she dropped her child at a Madrid primary school. In some schools’ WhatsApp groups, several parents pointed out what they saw as the inconsistency of closing schools and keeping the subway or swimming pools open.
Madrid’s public transport network will be disinfected every day as a precautionary measure, regional authorities said. Some 2.3 million trips are made daily in the Madrid metro. Major sports were also affected. All of Spain’s La Liga football matches will be played behind closed doors for at least two weeks, the top soccer league said.
“Rather than devote my energy to say if it will be a tenth or two, we will focus on ... minimizing the economic impact and helping the companies and sectors that could be most affected,” Calvino said.
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