Do you feel like singing? Police serenade locked down Mallorcans

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On the Spanish island of Mallorca, police have turned to singing to cheer up residents confined to their homes by a government-imposed coronavirus lockdown.

Footage on social media shows two squad cars cruising down a narrow street in the town of Algaida, lights flashing and sirens blaring, before pulling up to let the occupants spill out onto the road.

“Do you feel like singing?” one of the officers shouts, guitar in hand, before bursting into a spirited rendition of the Catalan children's song “Joan Petit Quan Balla”.

As his colleagues twirl and clap, residents come to their balconies to join in the festivities, whooping and cheering.

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