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Going out with the dog to play sports or walk: the doubts of the first phase
The BOE published this morning how the departures of adults should occur
The Official State Gazette published this morning how adults should be released after seven weeks of confinement by the coronavirus. Adults can only go for a walk or do sports in the hours between 6 and 10 in the morning and from 20 to 23 and, as stated by Cadena SER , one of the questions that has arisen and that the BOE does not clarify is the possibility of walking, playing sports or going out with children, and also doing it with a dog.
Can you go for a walk with a dog?
Adults will be able to go outside in the morning (between 6 and 10) and at night (between 20 and 23). If they have a dog, they can take it out to accompany them during the walk allowed during these hours and without leaving more than a kilometer. It was one of the issues that the BOE did not clarify in its publication this morning. The Ministry of Health confirms to Cadena SER that the dog can accompany the owner during the walk. The objective is to avoid contagion as much as possible and, in this sense, the animal is not a transmitter of the virus.
Is it allowed to run with the dog?
Until now it was only allowed to take the dog out to relieve himself . The novelty from this Saturday is that they can also do it to accompany their owner if he runs. The Ministry of Health has confirmed this to Cadena SER. It so happens that some dog breeds need to incorporate racing into their routines, something they have not been able to do until now.
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Can the dog accompany the outing with the children?
Children can go out into the street accompanied by an adult since last Sunday between nine in the morning and nine at night. A schedule that will be modified from this Saturday when they can only do it between 12 and 19. The intention is to prevent childhood from coinciding in public spaces with the elderly, one of the vulnerable groups in this health crisis, and with people dependents. The objective is to avoid the risk of contagion as much as possible. In this case, Health also confirms that it is allowed to take the daily walk with the children, three maximum, and that the dog accompany them.
It is compatible to play sports in the morning and then go out with the children
The BOE explains that the departure as an adult and the companion on the walk with a child are cumulative. Similarly, Fernando Simón spoke at the daily press conference. The director of the Center for Coordination of Health Emergencies has ensured that it is compatible for parents to go out for sports in the morning and then in the afternoon to go out with the children for a walk.
"If a person goes out to do sports in the morning and then it is the father who is going to take a walk with the child, I understand that there does not have to be incompatibility between the two," he said. Along the same lines, he explained that in some cases there are single-parent families "in which the same person will do both activities." "We have to be cautious, be careful, apply the measures," Fernando Simón has recommended, inviting everyone, again, to practice good sense in these difficult times.
