Applause at the windows during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Clapping for the support of National Health Service (NHS) in England, United Kingdom.
Applause at the windows on March 23 in Pamplona (Spain) during the national quarantine.

Applause at the window was done by some people. It was meant to thank health workers during the confinement of the first half of 2020.

It was a way for people to show appreciation to health professionals working hard during the lockdown.[1][2]

An international phenomenon[change | change source]

The social phenomenon took place in many countries and got recognition at an international level, These are the countries where this social ritual took place:[3][4][5][6]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Europeans Sing Praises of Health Workers from their Windows". Voice of America. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  2. ↑ "Coronavirus: Worldwide applause for front-line medical staff". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  3. ↑ "'Wuhan jiāyóu': chants of solidarity spread across city at epicentre of coronavirus – video". the Guardian. 2020-01-28. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  4. ↑ País, El (2020-03-16). "Los sanitarios devuelven el aplauso a los ciudadanos". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  5. ↑ "Coronavirus: toda la Argentina aplaudió a los profesionales de la Salud". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  6. ↑ Watt, B.; Brown, F. V. (December 1975). "Letter: Sensitivity testing of anaerobes on solid media". The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 1 (4): 440–442. doi:10.1093/jac/1.4.440. ISSN 0305-7453. PMID 1367.
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