Italy to Reopen Some Businesses as Early as This Week

Italy to Reopen Some Businesses as Early as This Week
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wears a face mask as he attends a session of the lower house of parliament on the CCP virus in Rome, Italy on April 21, 2020. Remo Casilli/Reuters
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MILAN—Italy, the first European country to be ravaged by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, will allow some businesses to reopen as soon as this week while aiming to reopen manufacturing and construction starting May 4, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.

Conte gave the most detailed outline yet of plans to reopen the economy, in a newspaper interview published April 26 ahead of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, which he said would be released no later than early this week.