While Italy looks to have overcome the worst of the coronavirus outbreak in terms of daily infections and deaths, recent hopes of a peak elsewhere in Europe have been dashed in recent days.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that the national lockdown in Italy, in place since March 9, could only be eased gradually.
Federico Mantova owner of "Donna Gnora" farm, that delivers fruit and vegetables with rowing boats, and David Angeli sail the Grand Canal for the deliveries on April 08, 2020 in Venice, Italy.Italy could look to ease some of its stringent lockdown restrictions at the end of April, the country's prime minister has said, once again calling on Europe to help the country at the epicenter of the continent's outbreak.
"We need to pick sectors that can restart their activity. If scientists confirm it, we might begin to relax some measures already by the end of this month," he told the BBC.on Wednesday, it recorded 542 deathsBut although the daily figures might be falling in Italy, the coronavirus continues to take its toll.
"If we do not seize the opportunity to put new life into the European project, the risk of failure is real," he said.
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