Italy will reopen restaurants and cafes next week and allow travel in and out of the country next month as it continues to ease its coronavirus lockdown.
Prime minister, Giuseppe Conte signed a decree, on Saturday, that the foreign travel ban will be lifted on the 3rd June, and people can start moving freely across the country's regions on the same day.
Mr Conte said that anybody entering from the European Union countries, from then onwards, would not have to undergo a quarantine period. However, he warned that while Lombardy region could asses itself whether to reopen, the government could intervene if the pandemic reemerged.
The measures will come into place just as the summer tourism season gets underway and Italy hopes it will revive its decimated tourist industry.
Italy was the first European country to impose strict measures, in early March, after it became the first nation, outside Asia, to have a major outbreak of COVID -19. More than 31.600 people have died since the crisis emerged last February, and at one stage Italy had the highest number of deaths in Europe. It now has the third-highest in the world, after the USA and Great Britain.
Italy began lifting restrictions on 4th May, when it allowed factories and parks to reopen after the number of cases of infections and deaths began to fall. A further easing of the lockdown is due to take place on Monday, with hairdressers, cafes and restaurants allowed to reopen but only if social distancing measures can be guaranteed.
But restaurant owners have protested against the rules they are unclear and lamenting that the entire sector, including suppliers and food producers, are suffering.
The 3rd June reopening to foreign travel is a major milestone in the country's road to recovery, with the government hoping to salvage the forthcoming holiday season when Italians, traditionally escape the cities for their annual summer breaks.
Boris Johnson has admitted the new "stay alert" coronavirus message is "more complicated" after his plan to ease lockdown was criticised for being confusing.
The prime minister was criticised by a member of the public selected to quiz him at a Downing Street COVID-19 briefing and by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
Mr Johnson was rebuked for his announcement which was "so vague" on which people would start going to work again and which businesses will reopen this week and when will the British public receive further clarity on this.
The prime minister admitted the original "stay at home" guidance "couldn't be starker" and "everyone got the clarity of the emergency rules called out seven weeks ago to combat the virus that has killed more than 32.000 people in the UK.
The US Democrats have launched an investigation into President Trump's firing the State Department's internal watchdog.
Inspector general Steve Linick was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for suspected abuse, reports say. But he was sacked on Friday after the president said he no longer commanded his full confidence. The move prompted angry criticism from senior Democrats in Congress.
They accused Mr Trump of retaliating against a public servant who wanted to hold his administration to account.Mr. Linick was the third official responsible monitoring government misconducts to be dismissed in recent weeks.
A vaccine expert who said he lost his job because he disagreed with Trump's claims for COVID-19 is to file whistleblower complaints his lawyers say.
Dr Rick Brite led the US government agency trying to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus. He said he was ousted for questioning the potential of hydroxychloroquine an antimalaria drug touted by Donald Trump. The president said he had never heard of Dr Brite. Many experts say that hydroxychloroquine is an untested drug which is also very dangerous for human life.
An enormous banner was placed on Saturday on the facade of the Thessaloniki City Hall in memory of the savage slaughter of the Greeks of Pontus by the Turks in 1919.
The banner depicts a map of Pontus and an eagle in front of it along with the blood-stained date May 19th 1919 and a verse, reading: "I lost my homeland, I cried. I was in pain."
Prime minister, Giuseppe Conte signed a decree, on Saturday, that the foreign travel ban will be lifted on the 3rd June, and people can start moving freely across the country's regions on the same day.
Mr Conte said that anybody entering from the European Union countries, from then onwards, would not have to undergo a quarantine period. However, he warned that while Lombardy region could asses itself whether to reopen, the government could intervene if the pandemic reemerged.
The measures will come into place just as the summer tourism season gets underway and Italy hopes it will revive its decimated tourist industry.
Italy was the first European country to impose strict measures, in early March, after it became the first nation, outside Asia, to have a major outbreak of COVID -19. More than 31.600 people have died since the crisis emerged last February, and at one stage Italy had the highest number of deaths in Europe. It now has the third-highest in the world, after the USA and Great Britain.
Italy began lifting restrictions on 4th May, when it allowed factories and parks to reopen after the number of cases of infections and deaths began to fall. A further easing of the lockdown is due to take place on Monday, with hairdressers, cafes and restaurants allowed to reopen but only if social distancing measures can be guaranteed.
But restaurant owners have protested against the rules they are unclear and lamenting that the entire sector, including suppliers and food producers, are suffering.
The 3rd June reopening to foreign travel is a major milestone in the country's road to recovery, with the government hoping to salvage the forthcoming holiday season when Italians, traditionally escape the cities for their annual summer breaks.
Boris Johnson has admitted the new "stay alert" coronavirus message is "more complicated" after his plan to ease lockdown was criticised for being confusing.
The prime minister was criticised by a member of the public selected to quiz him at a Downing Street COVID-19 briefing and by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
Mr Johnson was rebuked for his announcement which was "so vague" on which people would start going to work again and which businesses will reopen this week and when will the British public receive further clarity on this.
The prime minister admitted the original "stay at home" guidance "couldn't be starker" and "everyone got the clarity of the emergency rules called out seven weeks ago to combat the virus that has killed more than 32.000 people in the UK.
The US Democrats have launched an investigation into President Trump's firing the State Department's internal watchdog.
Inspector general Steve Linick was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for suspected abuse, reports say. But he was sacked on Friday after the president said he no longer commanded his full confidence. The move prompted angry criticism from senior Democrats in Congress.
They accused Mr Trump of retaliating against a public servant who wanted to hold his administration to account.Mr. Linick was the third official responsible monitoring government misconducts to be dismissed in recent weeks.
A vaccine expert who said he lost his job because he disagreed with Trump's claims for COVID-19 is to file whistleblower complaints his lawyers say.
Dr Rick Brite led the US government agency trying to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus. He said he was ousted for questioning the potential of hydroxychloroquine an antimalaria drug touted by Donald Trump. The president said he had never heard of Dr Brite. Many experts say that hydroxychloroquine is an untested drug which is also very dangerous for human life.
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| The Banner Commemorating the Pontiac Genocide by the Turks |
An enormous banner was placed on Saturday on the facade of the Thessaloniki City Hall in memory of the savage slaughter of the Greeks of Pontus by the Turks in 1919.
The banner depicts a map of Pontus and an eagle in front of it along with the blood-stained date May 19th 1919 and a verse, reading: "I lost my homeland, I cried. I was in pain."
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