Starting June 3, travel to and from Italy will be permitted, according to the government.
Slowly but surely, the country is trying to open up again and take steps towards normality.
As early as Monday, Italians will be able to expect eased restrictions.
Residents will be given greater freedom to move outdoors, provided they are not quarantined after contact with an infected person. People who have had contact with infected people must continue to isolate themselves.
On Monday, Italians will also be allowed to start traveling within the regions — and will thus be allowed to visit friends and family within the regions again, according to the new decision.
However, to travel between regions, you have to wait until June 3. Then Italy will also open for international travel.
Italy imposed sweeping restrictions in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has so far recorded more than 220,000 cases and over 31,000 deaths since the outbreak was first detected in February.
Images and reports spread around the world of overcrowded hospitals, chaos and death. Doctors warned that they had never seen anything like it in their entire careers. But the strict restrictions had an effect and slowed the spread.
When the outbreak was at its worst in March, over 900 deaths were registered in one day and nearly 4,000 people were in intensive care in the country at the same time.
On Friday, 242 deaths were reported, compared to 262 the day before. The number of infected people per day has gradually decreased and around 800 people were in intensive care for Covid-19 in the country on Friday.
Driven, among other things, by the desire to get the economy going again, Italy has now begun to take small steps on the road back to normal.
Factories and parks have already been allowed to reopen, and restaurants and shops are preparing to reopen on Monday, provided that strict social distancing rules are followed, including maintaining a safety distance of at least one meter from other people.
”The challenge is enormous, so great that it is difficult to describe,” Alberto Volpe, manager of a clothing store in central Rome, told Reuters.
”The feeling of uncertainty dominates everything.”
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome will also open to visitors on Monday after being closed for over two months.
Source: TT
