With warmer weather beckoning, Italians are straining against a strict lockdown to halt the coronavirus that is just now showing signs of ebbing at the end of five weeks of mass isolation
FILE - In this March 22, 2020 file photo, Italian soldiers patrol by closed shops due to lockdown measure to prevent the spread of Covid-19, in Milan, Italy. Italy was the first Western democracy to be hit by the virus, and it has suffered the most deaths of any nation, nearly 14,000, now it is likely to set an example of how to lift restrictions that have imposed the harshest peacetime limits on personal freedom and shut down all non-essential industry.
The official line is patience with measures that have shown success in slowing the virus spread, until there is a clear decline in the number of new cases. Still, officials have begun grappling with the question of how to manage social distancing on mass transit, re-open ordinary commerce and relaunch manufacturing without risking another peak.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. But for others, especially older adults and people with health problems, it can cause severe symptoms like pneumonia. Experts in Italy are coordinating with their European partners so the tracking can be applied across borders, which have been de facto closed by the virus. The goal is to establish a common technology, which could help in re-establishing freedom of movement among EU nations.
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