Members of the Municipal Police stand guard as they wait for the music band to perform to honor health workers at Gregorio Maranon hospital during the lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera

MADRID: Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, on Monday (Apr 13) started to ease tough lockdown restrictions that have kept people confined to their homes for more than a month and put a brake on economic activity.