Closed since march 10, the famous St. Peter’s basilica, the heart of the Vatican, has been disinfected at the end of the week and reopens its doors to visitors in the morning.
a Symbol that the country begins to return to a relative normality, the Saint Peter’s basilica in Rome reopened on Monday its doors to the public. Italy between effect in its “phase 2”, with recovery of the masses and the reopening of shops, cafés and terraces.
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the First country to have confined it was more than two months the whole of its population to curb the pandemic of deadly new coronavirus, the peninsula remains traumatized, after two months of isolation, an economy to its knees, and the death of approximately 32 000 people. The country taste, however, since may 4, a little bit of new-found freedom, in favor of a first partial lifting of restrictions is being closely monitored by the “carabinieri”.
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life is back in the streets
Sunday, the Romans seemed to reclaim the heart of the eternal city, no foreign tourist and still largely deserted by cars, but criss-crossed by a growing number of joggers, walkers and cyclists.
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Often the surgical mask over the nose, the onlookers have walked all day, at the foot of the Colosseum or in the cobblestone alleys of the Forum of Trajan. All under the gaze of police officers quiet, simply ask for a hand sign to disperse groups tempted to sit on the ancient stones.
“Italy turns on the lights,”
This Monday sees, in theory, the reopening of the majority of the small and large stores, hairdressers, beauty salons, bars and restaurants. “Italy turns on the lights, after 69 days of closure”, summed up Monday morning, The daily la Repubblica.
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Masses and religious celebrations also reproduce in the churches of Rome as in the rest of the country, with the measures of social distancing adequate. Pope Francis welcomed news on Sunday in advance of “the sign of hope.” “But please, let’s move on with the standards that are given to us to ensure the health of the individual,” he insisted.
The Basilica of Saint-Pierre-disinfected
Closed since march 10, the famous St. Peter’s basilica, the heart of the Vatican, has been disinfected at the end of the week and reopens its doors to visitors in the morning, with entries trq and distances required.
No public celebration is not yet officially scheduled, but a mass is scheduled at mid-day in the majestic gothic cathedral of Milan (north), a strong symbol in this capital of Lombardy, a region hit hard by the Covid-19.
145 dead over the last 24 hours
“We can’t afford” to wait for the discovery of a vaccine to reopen the country said Saturday evening the president of the Italian Council, Giuseppe Conte, about this new déconfinement.
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“Our principles remain the same : to protect the lives, the health of the citizens. But we have to decline it differently”, he pleaded, so that the epidemic seems under control. The balance sheet of daily deaths is as well dropped this weekend, with 145 dead, down to its lowest level since the beginning of the confinement.
The Italian regions in the operation
This new step in the déconfinement, a general framework laid down by the government, leaves it to each of the 20 Italian regions a wide margin of manoeuvre in its application, feeding sometimes to the uncertainty. “There is a climate of confusion”, has criticized the president of the Campania region (South-West), Vincenzo De Luca, who has refused to open bars and restaurants until you have had the “talks” are needed with the traders concerned.
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As a little everywhere in Europe, as the lifting of restrictions on advance, the Italian press has done during the week-end a scholarly exegesis of the measures foreseen under the title “Italy phase 2”, examining what is allowed, and “what is still forbidden.
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Family, friends, colleagues, it will now be possible for the Italians to see who they want, at home or outside. Large gatherings, however, remain prohibited, such as private celebrations. The mask is mandatory in enclosed areas open to the public. For travel between regions must still be justified.
