'A dream come true' as visitors return to Spanish nursing home


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  • Monday, 08 Jun 2020

Josefa Martinez touches her husband Martin Camacho's hand as she leaves after visiting him on the first day family visits are resumed after three months amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the nursing home Centro Casaverde in Navalcarnero, outside Madrid, Spain June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera

NAVALCARNERO, Spain (Reuters) - The sounds of tears and laughter rang through the Casaverde nursing home in Navalcarnero outside Madrid on Monday, as residents received their first visitors since the facility was locked down in March.

Facing each other from opposite ends of two large tables pushed together to ensure adequate distancing, Pepa Plaza and her mother Josefa Vila enjoyed an emotional reunion.

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