By Lizzie Day • Published: 15 Mar 2020 • 11:12
Credit: Twitter
Residents in Spain have shown their gratitude to health personnel on the coronavirus frontline, by applauding from their windows.
Coronavirus response in Granada, Spain. Everyone went out onto their balconies at 10pm exactly to applaud, cheer and thank the work of the emergency services during the outbreak so far. Simply amazing ❤️🇪🇸#coronavirus #CoronaVirusUpdates pic.twitter.com/OYYuCBIICU — Sarah 🏴🇪🇺 (@sarahc440) March 14, 2020
Coronavirus response in Granada, Spain. Everyone went out onto their balconies at 10pm exactly to applaud, cheer and thank the work of the emergency services during the outbreak so far. Simply amazing ❤️🇪🇸#coronavirus #CoronaVirusUpdates pic.twitter.com/OYYuCBIICU
— Sarah 🏴🇪🇺 (@sarahc440) March 14, 2020
Since the announcement of the lockdown came out, #AplausoSanitario (#Healthy applause) started trending. The challenge encouraged the people of Spain to come out on their balconies at 10 pm exactly and applaud and cheer. A lot of people came out and the only thing that was audible at 10 pm was the loud applause. Twitter is flooded with similar videos. One user shared the video with the caption, “Coronavirus response in Granada, Spain. Everyone went out onto their balconies at 10 pm exactly to applaud, cheer and thank the work of the emergency services during the outbreak so far. Simply amazing.”
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