Italy Starts Slow Return to Normality, Fears Resurgence of Coronavirus

Domenico di Massa and Mariantonia Gangemi embrace their granddaughter Cecilia for the first time in two months after Italy allowed families to see each other again as the country begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown due to a spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, Italy, May 4, 2020. Yara Nardi/Reuters

ROME— Grandparents hugged their grandchildren, toddlers rushed excitedly through parks, and factories revived their long-stalled production lines as Italy started the slow process of unwinding Europe’s longest CCP virus lockdown.

Nearly two months after ordering Italians to stay home in an effort to slow one of the worst outbreaks of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, the government on May 4 cautiously eased a few restrictions, while keeping many others in place.