Following latest COVID surge, Italy reopens (again) amid hopes for real economic relaunch
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A waiter sets a table in an outdoor space of a restaurant, in Rome, Monday, April 26, 2021. Italy is gradually reopening on Monday after six months of rotating virus lockdowns. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP
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Lunch-time diners filled tables on Milan’s landmark Piazza Duomo even on a cloudy, wind-swept Monday, proof of the pent-up demand for eating out as Italy begins its second, and many hope last, reopening of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After six months of rotating on-again, off-again closures, restaurants and bars, museums and cinemas, opened to the public in most of the country under a gradual reopening plan that is seen as too cautious for some, too hasty for others.
Italy opens again amid hopes for real economic relaunch
COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press
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1of23People wear face masks and are distantly seated as they wait to watch a movie at the Quattro Fontane cinema, in Rome, Monday, April 26, 2021. Italy is gradually reopening on Monday after six months of rotating virus lockdowns. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)Cecilia Fabiano/APShow MoreShow Less
2of23Commuters wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 walk after getting off a regional train at the Cadorna railway station in Milan, Italy, Monday, April 26, 2021. Italy is gradually reopening on Monday after six months of rotating virus lockdowns.Antonio Calanni/APShow MoreShow Less
Italy opens again in hopes for relaunch
People wear face masks and are distantly seated as they wait to watch a movie at the Quattro Fontane cinema, in Rome, Monday, April 26, 2021. Italy is gradually reopening on Monday after six months of rotating virus lockdowns. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP) cecilia fabiano
Commuters wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 walk after getting off a regional train at the Cadorna railway station in Milan, Italy, Monday, April 26, 2021. Italy is gradually reopening on Monday after six months of rotating virus lockdowns. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) Antonio Calanni
A visitor is framed by the large-scale bronze statue of the Capitoline Wolf, a she-wolf milking the twin-founders of Rome, at the Rome s Capitoline Museum, Monday, April 26, 2021. Italy is gradually reopening on Monday after six months of rotating virus lockdowns. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Gregorio Borgia
After six months of rotating on-again, off-again closures, restaurants, bars, museums and cinemas in Italy opened to the public in most of the country under a gradual reopening plan that is seen as too cautious for some, too hasty for others.
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