Italy Reopens Shops, Bars, and Restaurants Amid Pandemic

Parish priest of the Santa Maria Assunta church in Pontoglio, Don Giovanni Cominardi (C), is escorted by Pontoglio mayor Alessandro Seghezzi (L), during a Via Crucis procession (Way of the Cross) as part of Good Friday celebrations in Pontoglio, Italy, on April 10, 2020. Miguel Medina /AFP via Getty Images

Shops, hair salons, and restaurants can finally operate again across Italy as the country seeks to ease its 10-week lockdown.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, over the weekend, said that the country is taking a “calculated risk” by allowing the restrictions to ease, adding that the “contagion curve” of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus could again rise. He also announced that travel to and from Italy and between regions can resume on June 3.