CORONAVIRUS
A steel plant in Terni, Italy was only closed for two weeks before resuming operation on April 6 with special virus measures in place.
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READ MORE: Workers around Italy are set to return to work on Monday after seven weeks of lockdown.
Additionally, hopes that a new drug and vaccine could soon be available to help treat patients suffering from COVID-19 offer a healthy dose of optimism as countries cautiously prepare to return to normal life.
Italy has set May 4 to start re-opening. But Italian news agency ANSA reports that the southern Calabria region is permitted to open bars and restaurants starting Thursday and serve guests at outdoor tables.
In the capital, Rome, public transportation will resume service with 88% capacity and shorter hours. People will have to wear masks on public transit and keep social distance when outside their homes. Posting signs to mark the appropriate distance in public places began earlier this week. ANSA reports that some of the most popular spaces, such as Villa Borghese, will be surveilled by drones.
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