Italians flocked to bars, restaurants and cinemas following an easing of coronavirus restrictions on Monday, as Prime Minister Mario Draghi unveiled a massive EU-funded plan he said would shape the crisis-hit country s future.
After months of stop-start restrictions imposed to manage second and third waves of COVID-19, Italy hopes this latest easing will mark the start of something like a normal summer. I ve cleared my schedule, enthused 71-year-old Ottavio Rosati, a movie director in Rome. I m booked up with museums, restaurants and bars. I m not going to sit still!
Draghi has admitted to taking a calculated risk with the reopenings, as infection rates have fallen but COVID-19 deaths still mount by hundreds every day, to more than 119,000.
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