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Workers Unions keep a safe distance from each other and wear face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus during an event marking May Day in Lisbon, Friday, May 1, 2020. With the traditional protest marches cancelled this year, workers unions delegates representing all workers that had to stay at home took part in the event with the approval of the Portuguese health and interior ministries.
Around the world, lockdowns are starting to ease as some places get coronavirus outbreaks under control and others decide the economic pain of keeping businesses closed is too much to bear. The piecemeal reopenings are leaving people to make their own choices about what they should and shouldn’t do to protect themselves and others. Is it safe to go to a restaurant? Visit elderly family members?
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