Kids in Spain relish outdoor hour as virus lockdowns ease

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain has let children leave their homes for the first time in six weeks. The move comes at the start of a week in which Italy and France also are expected to detail their plans to ease some of the world’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns. Two weeks after he was discharged from a London hospital, Boris Johnson’s office said the British prime minister will return to work on Monday after recovering from COVID-19. Tentative hopes of a gradual return to normal life are combining with fears of a new flare-up in infections as nations around the world take divergent paths on when to reopen their economies after weeks at a standstill.