La Liga to begin with individual training as government to ease lockdown

Spain's government has announced professional athletes including La Liga players will be allowed to begin with basic training on May 4. This announcement was made on Tuesday and it comes as the government plans to lift the lockdown.

According to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, country's lockdown will be lifted in four stages over two months. He said: "The first phase, or phase 0, is the preparation to transition phase or the de-escalation phase, which we are already in."

"In the best-case scenario, this de-escalation phase will take a minimum of six weeks and the maximum duration we want to see is eight weeks for the whole of Spain," he added.

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All sporting events including the top-flight football league La Liga were halted on March 12 due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in the country.

The announcement will also allow clubs to restart individual sessions with squad members, La Liga and Spanish Football had agreed to this protocol earlier this month.

The training session comes with some new rules due to the pandemic, players will have to arrive at club's training facility wearing their kit, with gloves and mask on and not more than six players can train on the pitch at the same time.

COVID-19 has claimed nearly 24,000 lives in the country, behind the United States and Italy in mortality rates from the virus.