Posted on 05/04/2020 2:21:30 AM PDT by Libloather
Stir-crazy Italians will be free to stroll and visit relatives for the first time in nine weeks on Monday as Europe's hardest-hit country eases back the world's longest nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
Four million people -- an estimated 72 percent of them men -- will return to their construction sites and factories as the economically and emotionally shattered country tries to get back to work.
Restaurants that have managed to survive Italy's most disastrous crisis in generations will reopen for takeaway service.
But bars and even ice cream parlours will remain shut. The use of public transport will be discouraged and everyone will have to wear masks in indoor public spaces.
"We are feeling a mix of joy and fear," 40-year-old Stefano Milano said in Rome.
"There will be great happiness in being able to go running again carefree, in my son being allowed to have his little cousin over to blow out his birthday candles, to see our parents," the father-of-three said.
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GET RID OF YOUR CHICOMS AND MAYBE WE’LL GO BACK ONE DAY, ITALY!
Gee. I was reading other threads on this discussion board where people are saying this virus was no big deal. Of course they don’t want to bring up what happened here.
I am glad to see Italy is finally starting to come out of this mess.
Flubros who enjoy flouting their “herd” ignorance.
WuFlu is the least of Italy’s problems.
They’re now jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
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