Pandas a respite from pandemic for Madrid care home residents
The Peninsula
MADRID: Elderly residents from a nursing home outside Madrid relished the fresh air and freedom of a guided tour around the city's zoo on Wednesday, delighting in particular at the sight of Bing-Xing the giant panda.
Around 50 residents and staff from the Casaverde home, all of them vaccinated, were whisked through the zoo's leafy trails on a miniature train and introduced to some of the park's most charismatic inhabitants, in their first organised excursion since the COVID-19 pandemic struck last spring. "It's great to leave, to get out of the monotony of the nursing home, especially as we have been confined to it for so long," said Manuel Roman, one of the residents.More Related News