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Italy will begin easing its coronavirus lockdown on Monday in what is considered to be prime minister Mario Draghiâs first significant gamble since taking office in February.
More than half of Italyâs 20 regions will be in the more lenient âyellow zoneâ category of restrictions even though the country is still recording thousands of new infections each day and a stubbornly high Covid-19 death toll.
Draghi has come under pressure from the parties within his broad coalition, particularly Matteo Salviniâs far-right League, to lift lockdown measures.
The former European Central Bank chief is also in a race against time to submit a plan for reviving Italyâs beleaguered economy as the country prepares to receive â¬191.5bn from the EUâs post-Covid-19 recovery fund.