Italy is set to open businesses from bars to hairdressers on Monday, while Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government decided to unblock the country’s national borders and allow citizens to move freely within the country starting June 3.
Italians will be allowed full free movement, according to a government decree published in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The statement confirmed that some businesses will reopen May 18, while it stopped short of allowing social gatherings. Portugal, Spain and Greece also eased some of their measures earlier, signaling optimism that southern Europe’s scarred economies can start to recover from the Covid-19 crisis.