Italy Relaxes Lockdown After 8 Weeks

Italy is easing its coronavirus lockdown after eight weeks.

Some four million people are expected to return to work.

Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, told residents in a Facebook post on Sunday, that “a new page is beginning, and we will have to write it together with faith and responsibility.

Italy has recorded some 211,000 confirmed cases, 81,654 recoveries and 28,884 deaths.

Factories and construction sites are reportedly reopening in Italy.

By Melvin Tarlue